The American Colonial Mind and the Classical Tradition : Essays in Comparative Culture / Richard M. Gummere.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gummere, Richard M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Classical.

United States--Civilization--Classical influences.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 pages)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

I THE CLASSICAL BACKGROUND OF THE COLONIAL MIND

II THE VIRGINIA ARGONAUTS

III NOVANGLIA: CHURCH, STATE, AND THE CLASSICS

IV COLONIAL REACTIONS TO A CLASSICAL EDUCATION

V WILLIAM BYRD AND SAMUEL SEWALL: TWO DIARISTS IN THE ANCIENT TRADITION

VI COLONIES, ANCIENT AND MODERN

VII LOGAN, FRANKLIN, BARTRAM: HUMANIST, PRAGMATIST, PLATONIST

VIII THE TRANSATLANTIC MUSE

IX JONATHAN BOUCHER, TORYISSIMUS

Χ THE CLASSICAL ANCESTRY OF THE CONSTITUTION

XI EPILOGUE: ADAMS AND JEFFERSON

REFERENCE MATTER

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-28453-4

OCLC:

651808774