The American enlightenment, 1750-1820
This 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. Ferguson's trenchant interpretation yields new understanding of this pivotal period for American culture.
eBook, English, 1997
1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed View all formats and editions
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1997
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (xii, 220 pages)
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Finding the revolution
What is enlightenment? Some American answers
Religious voices
Writing the revolution
The literature of public documents
The limits of Enlightenment
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010