The American enlightenment, 1750-1820
By: Robert A. Ferguson.
Edition: 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: American literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism.; American literature -- Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 -- History and criticism.; Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 18th century.; Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Revolutionary literature, American -- History and criticism.; American literature -- 1783-1850 -- History and criticism.; Enlightenment -- United States.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Literature and the revolution.; United States -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.; United States -- Intellectual life -- 1783-1865.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-205) and index.
Originally appeared in The Cambridge history of American literature, vol. 1, 1590-1820, published by Cambridge University Press in 1994.