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Puritan Origins of the American Self: With a New Preface

Sacvan Bercovitch, John Roger Paas • Yale University Press • ISBN 9780300162233

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Puritan Origins of the American Self: With a New Preface

Sacvan Bercovitch, John Roger Paas • Yale University Press • ISBN-13 9780300162233

ISBN-10 Not provided • 1988

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ISBN 9780300162233 • Completeness 44

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Sacvan Bercovitch explores the rhetorical foundations of the American identity, tracing how Puritan typology evolved into a secularized national ideology. By examining the intersection of theology and political discourse, this seminal study reveals how the New England jeremiad shaped the cultural narrative of the American self.

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Publisher: Yale University Press
1988
Pages: 260

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Contributor: Sacvan BercovitchContributor: John Roger Paas

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Category: American LiteratureCategory: American StudiesCategory: Intellectual HistoryCategory: New HistoricismCategory: Political RhetoricCategory: PuritanismCategory: American IdentityCategory: National IdeologyInfluenced by: Perry MillerInfluenced by: Max WeberInfluenced by: Michel FoucaultCornerstone of: American StudiesCornerstone of: Literary Historiography

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