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Author Manning, Susan, 1953-2013.

Title The Puritan-provincial vision : Scottish and American literature in the nineteenth century / Susan Manning
Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990

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Description xii, 241 pages ; 24 cm
Series Cambridge studies in American literature and culture
Cambridge studies in American literature and culture.
Contents Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Calvinism and the puritan mind -- 2. After Armageddon -- Jonathan Edwards and David Hume -- 3. From puritanism to provincialism -- 4. The pursuit of the double -- 5. Spectators, spies and spectacles: the observer's stance -- 6. 'Is anything central?'
Analysis English literature American writers, 1800-1900. Influence of puritanism
English literature Scottish writers Influence of puritanism
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 211-237
Subject American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Comparative literature -- American and Scottish
Comparative literature -- Scottish and American
English literature -- Scottish authors -- History and criticism.
Puritan movements in literature.
Regionalism in literature.
Scottish literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
LC no. 89035787
ISBN 0521372372