American Declarations
Subtitle: Rebellion and Repentance in American Cultural History
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: December 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780252024283
Subjects: American history; Cultural studies; American Literature (Specific Aspects); Literature And Society; Literary Criticism; History - U.S.; English; Sociology; USA; American - General; Anthropology - Cultural; United States - General; History / United States / 19th Century; American literature; Christianity and literature; History; History and criticism; National characteristics, American, in literature; United States
First sentence: In the early decades of the nineteenth century, largely in an attempt to establish a historical basis for the development of a national consensus, political and cultural spokespersons frequently envisioned the Puritans as mythic forbears of the American nation.