Puritan spirits in the abolitionist imagination /
Kenyon Gradert investigates how the nineteenth-century abolitionist movement, whether iconic figures of it like Ralph Waldo Emerson and William Lloyd Garrison or lesser-known writers and orators, drew on aspects of American Puritanism in shaping its political persona. From this angle, we can see a m...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | American beginnings, 1500-1900.
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| Summary: | Kenyon Gradert investigates how the nineteenth-century abolitionist movement, whether iconic figures of it like Ralph Waldo Emerson and William Lloyd Garrison or lesser-known writers and orators, drew on aspects of American Puritanism in shaping its political persona. From this angle, we can see a movement usually identified with liberal Protestantism in a radically new light. It also recasts our understanding of puritanism, often seen as a conservative force, little interested in worldly rebellion of the sort the abolitionists championed. As Gradert writes, 'By reimagining a pervasive narrative of Puritan origins, abolitionists urged the nation to war with its original sin.' |
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| Physical Description: | 246 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226694023 022669402X |