The Puritan-Provincial Vision: Scottish and American Literature in the Nineteenth Century

by Susan Manning

Overview

This book suggests a new interpretation of the characteristic qualities of Scottish and American literatures. Professor Manning reveals the "puritan-provincial vision": a particular way of looking at life and man's relationship to what lies beyond himself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521372374
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/10/1990
Series:	Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture , #41
Pages:	254
Product dimensions:	6.26(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.79(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Calvin's theology and the puritan mind; 2. After Armageddon: Jonathan Edwards and David Hume; 3. From puritanism to provincialism; 4. The pursuit of the double; 5. Spectators, spies and spectres: the observer's stance; 6. 'Is anything central?'; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"Manning's thoughtful critique shows how contradictory attitudes can arise out of, and in reaction to, a common adherence to absolutes. Her Scottish/American pairings, Home/Edwards, Smith and Jefferson, and so on—are strategically brilliant." London Review of Books

"Manning succeeds admirably in conducting an argument that is both ambitious and bright with surprise." Terence Martin, American Literature

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