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

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

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McWilliams, John P

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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, Littérature américaine -- Nouvelle-Angleterre -- Histoire et critique, Politique et littérature -- Nouvelle Angleterre -- Histoire, Religion et littérature -- Nouvelle Angleterre -- Histoire, Littérature et histoire -- Nouvelle Angleterre -- Histoire, Nouvelle-Angleterre dans la littérature, LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General, American literature, Historiography, Intellectual life, Literature, Literature and history, Politics and literature, Religion and literature, Cultuur, New England -- Intellectual life, New England -- Historiography, New England -- In literature, New England -- History, Nouvelle-Angleterre -- Vie intellectuelle, Nouvelle-Angleterre -- Historiographie, Nouvelle-Angleterre -- Histoire, New England, Litterature americaine -- Nouvelle-Angleterre -- Histoire et critique, Politique et litterature -- Nouvelle Angleterre -- Histoire, Religion et litterature -- Nouvelle Angleterre -- Histoire, Litterature et histoire -- Nouvelle Angleterre -- Histoire, Nouvelle-Angleterre dans la litterature
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press
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Internet Archive
Language
English
1 online resource (xii, 366 pages)

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

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-360) and index

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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
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urn:oclc:record:560252733[WorldCat (this item)]
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Arcadia #4117
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1853
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9780511211072
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