civil religion and the literary imaginations of Jonathan Edwards, Herman Melville, and W.E.B. Du Bois Stewart, Carole Lynn. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography biography Electronic books. nmu Albuquerque University of New Mexico Press 2010 monographic eng

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xiv, 375 p. The beginning of the American Revolution in the conversion of Northampton. The travail of the Puritan covenant -- Original sin: human limitations and the openness of community -- God is no respecter of persons: the ordinary, lowly, and infantile nature of the revival -- The "strange revolution" and the aesthetics of grace -- The second great awakening, the national period, and Melville's American destiny. Pierre; or, The Ambiguities and the formation of the American dilemma -- A revolutionary marriage deferred -- The mystery of Melville's darkwoman -- From "self" to "soul": W.E.B. Du Bois's critical understanding of the ideals of liberal democracy in the new world. Strange Jeremiah: civil religion and the public intellectual -- Strivings and original sin: the unlovely, plural American soul -- The talented tenth and colonizing heroes -- Du Bois's aesthetic of beauty in the new world -- The irony of the American self. Carole Lynn Stewart. Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-362) and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. n-us--- Edwards, Jonathan 1703-1758 Criticism and interpretation Melville, Herman 1819-1891 Criticism and interpretation Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) 1868-1963 Criticism and interpretation Civil religion United States History United States History United States Politics and government BL2525 .S7525 2010eb 202/.3 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10492353 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10492353 CaPaEBR 100126 ebr10492353