Puritan Origins of the American Self: With a New Preface
Sacvan Bercovitch, John Roger Paas, George C. Schoolfield • Yale University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0300162233
Puritan Origins of the American Self: With a New Preface
Sacvan Bercovitch, John Roger Paas, George C. Schoolfield • Yale University Press
ISBN-10: 0300162235 · ISBN-13: 978‑0300162233 · 1988
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Sacvan Bercovitch explores the rhetorical foundations of the American identity, tracing how Puritan typology evolved into a secularized national ideology. By examining the intersection of theology and political discourse, this seminal study reveals how the New England jeremiad shaped the cultural narrative of the American self. This edition includes a new preface that contextualizes the work's enduring influence on American intellectual history.
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