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Main currents in American thought — Vernon Louis Parrington

Main currents in American thought

Vernon Louis Parrington

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 1529 pages

Main Currents in American Thought is a three-volume collection of essays surveying American literature and intellectual life from the colonial era to 1920. Vernon Louis Parrington traces how religious, political, and economic ideas shaped American writing and culture. It is a thoughtful introduction to the debates that formed American thought.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. Main Currents in American Thought
  2. Foreword
  3. Introduction [to Volume One: The Colonial Mind]
  4. The Romantic Revolution in America [Volume Two]
  5. The Beginnings of Critical Realism in America [Volume Three]
  6. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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