The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820This concise literary history of the American Enlightenment captures the varied and conflicting voices of religious and political conviction in the decades when the new nation was formed. Robert Ferguson's trenchant interpretation yields new understanding of this pivotal period for American culture. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 37
Page 115
... citizen narrows even as Paine insists upon the largest view of country . True Americans must declare them- selves angry enough to act against England . Only colonials who have suffered " the present sorrow ” of America are allowed to ...
... citizen narrows even as Paine insists upon the largest view of country . True Americans must declare them- selves angry enough to act against England . Only colonials who have suffered " the present sorrow ” of America are allowed to ...
Page 145
... citizen . " Madison claims that American constitutions , as expressions of liberty rather than of power , are infinitely more precious but also inevitably more complicated than their European counterparts . This complexity “ requires a ...
... citizen . " Madison claims that American constitutions , as expressions of liberty rather than of power , are infinitely more precious but also inevitably more complicated than their European counterparts . This complexity “ requires a ...
Page 156
... citizen must be understood within accepted . limitations : " The only qualification required by a citizen ( apart , of course , from being an adult male ) is that he must be his own master ( sui iuris ) , and must have some property ...
... citizen must be understood within accepted . limitations : " The only qualification required by a citizen ( apart , of course , from being an adult male ) is that he must be his own master ( sui iuris ) , and must have some property ...
Contents
What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
Copyright | |
4 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accept Adams already American answer appears argument asks assertion authority become begins British citizen civil claim colonial comes Common Sense Congress Constitution Convention culture dangers debate discourse document dominate early effect eighteenth-century England English Enlightenment event expression fact fear figure frame Franklin freedom give hand hope human ideas identity important independence intellectual interest Jefferson John king knowledge land language later leaders letter liberty light literary literature meaning ment mind minister nature never opposition original Paine pamphlet period political possible present Press principle problems protest question radical reason religion religious remains Republic republican Revolution revolutionary rhetoric separate sermon slave slavery spirit success tells things thought tion truth turn understanding union United University virtue voice Washington women writing