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 39
Page 29
... give way to visual certainties . The trick , in each case , is to create a unified calm out of a noisy situation , to let the primacy of vision allay confusion . Adams gives another instance in Defence of the Constitutions when , in ...
... give way to visual certainties . The trick , in each case , is to create a unified calm out of a noisy situation , to let the primacy of vision allay confusion . Adams gives another instance in Defence of the Constitutions when , in ...
Page 52
... gives further scope to a philosophical conception of union that comes out of crisis . Of England , he observes , " it ... give Ed- wards hope for an " explicit agreement , to unite in such prayer as is proposed to us . " The peroration ...
... gives further scope to a philosophical conception of union that comes out of crisis . Of England , he observes , " it ... give Ed- wards hope for an " explicit agreement , to unite in such prayer as is proposed to us . " The peroration ...
Page 67
... give " counsel of God in respect to the great affairs of this anniversary , and the general conduct of government , " Hitchcock uses this leverage to confront the executive officers before him . " Our danger is not visionary , but real ...
... give " counsel of God in respect to the great affairs of this anniversary , and the general conduct of government , " Hitchcock uses this leverage to confront the executive officers before him . " Our danger is not visionary , but real ...
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