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Secular Revelations : The Constitution of the United States and Classic American Literature / Mitchell MELTZER.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674019126
  • 9780674040946
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 810.9/358
LOC classification:
  • PS217.N38 -- M45 2005eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Constitution and American Literature -- I: The Constitution as a Secular Revelation -- 1. At the Beginning -- 2. The Path to Union -- 3. The People, Having Spoken, Speak -- 4. Almost a Miracle -- 5. The Paradox of Secular Revelation -- II: An American Literary Renaissance -- 6. Declarations of American Literary Independence -- 7. Preserving the Revelation -- 8. Preserving the Paradox -- 9. The Literary Renaissance of Secular Revelation -- 10. Essays in Time -- 11. A Poetic Form for Straying -- 12. Clinging to Narrative -- 13. Confidence and the Darkness of Revelation -- Conclusion: The Literary Art of Uniting States -- Notes -- Index
Summary: The United States Constitution is a quintessentially political document. Yet, until now, no one has seriously considered the formative influence of this document on American cultural life. In this ambitious book, Mitchell Meltzer demonstrates the extent to which the Constitution is both source and inspiration for America's greatest literary masterworks.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Constitution and American Literature -- I: The Constitution as a Secular Revelation -- 1. At the Beginning -- 2. The Path to Union -- 3. The People, Having Spoken, Speak -- 4. Almost a Miracle -- 5. The Paradox of Secular Revelation -- II: An American Literary Renaissance -- 6. Declarations of American Literary Independence -- 7. Preserving the Revelation -- 8. Preserving the Paradox -- 9. The Literary Renaissance of Secular Revelation -- 10. Essays in Time -- 11. A Poetic Form for Straying -- 12. Clinging to Narrative -- 13. Confidence and the Darkness of Revelation -- Conclusion: The Literary Art of Uniting States -- Notes -- Index

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The United States Constitution is a quintessentially political document. Yet, until now, no one has seriously considered the formative influence of this document on American cultural life. In this ambitious book, Mitchell Meltzer demonstrates the extent to which the Constitution is both source and inspiration for America's greatest literary masterworks.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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