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The Pragmatist Turn Religion, the Enlightenment, and the Formation of American Literature / Giles Gunn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gunn, Giles B., author.
- Series:
- Studies in religion and culture (Charlottesville, Va.)
- Studies in Religion and Culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion in literature.
- Enlightenment--Influence.
- Enlightenment.
- Religion and literature--United States.
- Religion and literature.
- American literature--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (202 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- As only a seasoned scholar can, Gunn here presents the history of American religion and literature in broad strokes necessary to reveal the seismic philosophical shifts that helped form the American canon.
- Contents:
- The difficulty of beginnings
- Puritan ascendance and decline
- Enlightenment and a new age dawning
- The pragmatist refiguration of American narratives
- The Jamesian component
- Religion and the Enlightenment under the sign of the modern and beyond.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813940823
- 0813940826
- OCLC:
- 1018455465
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