Puritan spirits in the abolitionist imagination
"Kenyon Gradert investigates how the nineteenth-century abolitionist movement-whether iconic figures of it like Ralph Waldo Emerson and William Lloyd Garrison or lesser-known writers and orators-drew on aspects of American Puritanism in shaping its political persona. From this angle, we can see...
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Chicago ; London
University of Chicago Press
[2020]
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| Schriftenreihe: | American beginnings, 1500-1900
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Kenyon Gradert investigates how the nineteenth-century abolitionist movement-whether iconic figures of it like Ralph Waldo Emerson and William Lloyd Garrison or lesser-known writers and orators-drew on aspects of American Puritanism in shaping its political persona. From this angle, we can see a movement usually identified with liberal Protestantism in a radically new light; it also recasts our understanding of puritanism, often seen as a conservative force, little interested in worldly rebellion of the sort the abolitionists championed. As Gradert writes, 'By reimagining a pervasive narrative of Puritan origins, abolitionists urged the nation to war with its original sin.'"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliograhical references and index. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource |
| ISBN: | 9780226694160 |
| DOI: | 10.7208/9780226694160 |