Title Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, and the representation of American culture / edited by Barbara B. Oberg, Harry S. Stout

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1993

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 230 pages) Contents Contributors; 1. Introduction; MIND; 2. Religious Affections and Religious Affectations: Antinomianism and Hypocrisy in the Writings of Edwards and Franklin; 3. Enlightenment and Awakening in Edwards and Franklin; 4. The Nature of True -- and Useful -- Virtue: From Edwards to Franklin; 5. "A Wall Between Them Up to Heaven": Jonathan Edwards and Benjamin Franklin; 6. Franklin, Edwards, and the Problem of Human Nature; CULTURE; 7. The Two Cultures in Eighteenth-Century America; 8. The Laughter of One: Sweetness and Light in Franklin and Edwards Summary This is an interdisciplinary collection of comparative essays which looks at aspects of the thought of Edwards and Franklin and considers their places in American culture Analysis English prose United States Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Criticism and interpretation Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758 -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758 fast Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 fast Subject American prose literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism American prose literature -- History and criticism Language and culture -- United States -- History -- 18th century National characteristics, American, in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American prose literature American prose literature -- Colonial period Intellectual life Language and culture National characteristics, American, in literature SUBJECT United States -- Intellectual life -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140364 Subject United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book Author Oberg, Barbara Stout, Harry S LC no. 92034327 ISBN 0195344871 9780195344875 9780195344875 9780195077759 019507775X

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