New England's crises and cultural memory : literature, politics, history, religion, 1620-1860 /
McWilliams, John P.
New England's crises and cultural memory : literature, politics, history, religion, 1620-1860 / John McWilliams. - Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004. - 1 online resource (xii, 366 pages) - Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 142 . - Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 142. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-360) and index.
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Crisis rhetoric: exclusion in New England history; ASSURANCE, ANXIETY, AND REGIONAL SALVATION; CHAPTER 1 Of corn, no corn, and Christian courage; CHAPTER 2 Thomas Morton: phoenix of New England memory; CHAPTER 3 Trying Anne; Headnote; CHAPTER 4 A cloud of blood: King Philip's War; CHAPTER 5 The axe at the root of the tree: Scarlet Governors and Gray Champions; CHAPTER 6 Race, war, and white magic: the neglected legacy of Salem; Headnote.
In this magisterial study, McWilliams traces the development of New England's influential cultural identity. He considers a range of writing including George Bancroft's History of the United States, the political essays of Samuel Adams, the fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne and the poetry of Robert Lowell.
English.
9780511211072 0511211074 9780521826839 0521826837 0511212844 9780511212840 0511214650 (electronic bk.) 9780511214653 (electronic bk.) 0511216440 (electronic bk.) 9780511216442 (electronic bk.) 9780511485602 (ebook) 0511485603 (ebook) 1107147042 9781107147041 1280540761 9781280540769 0511327242 9780511327247
American literature--History and criticism.--New England
Politics and literature--History.--New England
Religion and literature--History.--New England
Literature and history--History.--New England
Littérature américaine--Histoire et critique.--Nouvelle-Angleterre
Politique et littérature--Histoire.--Nouvelle-Angleterre
Religion et littérature--Histoire.--Nouvelle-Angleterre
Littérature et histoire--Histoire.--Nouvelle-Angleterre
Nouvelle-Angleterre dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
American literature.
Historiography.
Intellectual life.
Literature.
Literature and history.
Politics and literature.
Religion and literature.
Cultuur.
New England--Intellectual life.
New England--Historiography.
New England--In literature.
New England--History.
Nouvelle-Angleterre--Vie intellectuelle.
Nouvelle-Angleterre--Historiographie.
Nouvelle-Angleterre--Histoire.
Nouvelle-Angleterre--Dans la littérature.
New England.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
PS243 / .M38 2004eb
810.9/358
New England's crises and cultural memory : literature, politics, history, religion, 1620-1860 / John McWilliams. - Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004. - 1 online resource (xii, 366 pages) - Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 142 . - Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 142. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-360) and index.
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Crisis rhetoric: exclusion in New England history; ASSURANCE, ANXIETY, AND REGIONAL SALVATION; CHAPTER 1 Of corn, no corn, and Christian courage; CHAPTER 2 Thomas Morton: phoenix of New England memory; CHAPTER 3 Trying Anne; Headnote; CHAPTER 4 A cloud of blood: King Philip's War; CHAPTER 5 The axe at the root of the tree: Scarlet Governors and Gray Champions; CHAPTER 6 Race, war, and white magic: the neglected legacy of Salem; Headnote.
In this magisterial study, McWilliams traces the development of New England's influential cultural identity. He considers a range of writing including George Bancroft's History of the United States, the political essays of Samuel Adams, the fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne and the poetry of Robert Lowell.
English.
9780511211072 0511211074 9780521826839 0521826837 0511212844 9780511212840 0511214650 (electronic bk.) 9780511214653 (electronic bk.) 0511216440 (electronic bk.) 9780511216442 (electronic bk.) 9780511485602 (ebook) 0511485603 (ebook) 1107147042 9781107147041 1280540761 9781280540769 0511327242 9780511327247
American literature--History and criticism.--New England
Politics and literature--History.--New England
Religion and literature--History.--New England
Literature and history--History.--New England
Littérature américaine--Histoire et critique.--Nouvelle-Angleterre
Politique et littérature--Histoire.--Nouvelle-Angleterre
Religion et littérature--Histoire.--Nouvelle-Angleterre
Littérature et histoire--Histoire.--Nouvelle-Angleterre
Nouvelle-Angleterre dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
American literature.
Historiography.
Intellectual life.
Literature.
Literature and history.
Politics and literature.
Religion and literature.
Cultuur.
New England--Intellectual life.
New England--Historiography.
New England--In literature.
New England--History.
Nouvelle-Angleterre--Vie intellectuelle.
Nouvelle-Angleterre--Historiographie.
Nouvelle-Angleterre--Histoire.
Nouvelle-Angleterre--Dans la littérature.
New England.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
PS243 / .M38 2004eb
810.9/358