Title New England's crises and cultural memory : literature, politics, history, religion, 1620-1860 / John McWilliams

Published Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 366 pages) Series Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 142 Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 142. Contents 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 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-360) and index Notes English Print version record Subject American literature -- New England -- History and criticism Politics and literature -- New England -- History Religion and literature -- New England -- History Literature and history -- New England -- History LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American literature Historiography Intellectual life Literature Literature and history Politics and literature Religion and literature Cultuur. SUBJECT New England -- Intellectual life. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091273 New England -- Historiography New England -- In literature New England -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091267 Subject New England Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780511211072 0511211074 9780521826839 0521826837 0511212844 9780511212840 0511214650 9780511214653 0511216440 9780511216442 9780511485602 0511485603 1107147042 9781107147041 1280540761 9781280540769 0511327242 9780511327247

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