Title The crossroads of American history and literature / Philip F. Gura

Published University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1996

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 286 pages) Contents Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Tangents to a Sphere -- 1. The Study of Colonial American Literature, 1966-1987: A Vade Mecum -- 2. Preparing the Way for Stoddard: Eleazer Mather's Serious Exhortation to Northampton -- 3. Cotton Mather's Life of Phips: "A Vice with the Vizard of Vertue Upon It" -- 4. Solomon Stoddard's Irreverent Way -- 5. Sowing for the Harvest: The Reverend William Williams and the Great Awakening -- 6. Early Nineteenth-Century Printing in Rural Massachusetts: John Howe of Greenwich and Enfield, c. 1803-1845 7. The Reverend Parsons Cooke and Ware Factory Village: A New Missionary Field -- 8. The Transcendentalists and Language: The Unitarian Exegetical Background -- 9. Elizabeth Palmer Peabody and the Philosophy of Language -- 10. Manufacturing Guitars for the American Parlor: James Ashborn's Wolcottville, Connecticut, Factory, 1851-1856 -- 11. Thoreau and John Josselyn -- 12. Thoreau's Maine Woods Indians: More Representative Men -- 13. Language and Meaning: An American Tradition -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover Summary The Crossroads of American History and Literature collects two decades' worth of the best-known essays of Philip F. Gura. Beginning with a definitive overview of studies of colonial literature, Gura ranges through such subjects in colonial American history as the intellectual life of the Connecticut River Valley, Cotton Mather's understanding of political leadership, and the religious upheavals of the Great Awakening. In the nineteenth century, he visits such varied topics as the history of print culture in rural communities, the philological interests of the Transcendentalist Elizabeth Peabody, the craft and business of the early American music trades, and Thoreau's interest in exploration literature and in the Native American. Displaying remarkable sophistication in a variety of fields that, taken together, constitute the heart of American Studies, this collection illustrates the complexity of American cultural history Analysis American literature 19th century History and criticism American literature Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 History and criticism Historicism Literature and history United States History National characteristics, American, in literature United States Civilization Historiography United States Intellectual life Historiography Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL In English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Literature and history -- United States -- History American literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism National characteristics, American, in literature. Historicism. historicism (theory) LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- Colonial Period (1600-1775) American literature American literature -- Colonial period Civilization -- Historiography Historicism Literature and history Intellectual life -- Historiography Literatur National characteristics, American, in literature Cultuurgeschiedenis. Letterkunde. Amerikaans. SUBJECT United States -- Intellectual life -- Historiography United States -- Civilization -- Historiography Subject United States USA Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Aufsatzsammlung. Form Electronic book LC no. 95020048 ISBN 9780271076980 0271076984 9780271075907 0271075902

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