Secular Revelations : The Constitution of the United States and Classic American Literature / Mitchell MELTZER.
MELTZER, Mitchell, author.
2009
PS217.N38 -- M45 2005eb
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Title Secular Revelations : The Constitution of the United States and Classic American Literature / Mitchell MELTZER.
Author MELTZER, Mitchell, author.
ISBN 9780674040946
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674040946
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright ©2005
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.4159/9780674040946 doi
Call Number PS217.N38 -- M45 2005eb
Alternate Call Number HS 1070
Dewey Decimal Classification 810.9/358
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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