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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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Main Currents in
American Thought
AN INTERPRETATION OF AMERICAN LITERATURE
FROM THE BEGINNINGS TO 1920
Vernon Louis Parrington
VOLUME ONE • 1620–1800
The Colonial Mind
VOLUME TWO • 1800–1860
The Romantic Revolution in America
VOLUME THREE • 1860–1920
The Beginnings of Critical Realism
in America
HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT, 1927, 1930, BY
HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC.
All rights reserved, including
the right to reproduce this book
or portions thereof in any form.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO THE MEMORY

OF
J. ALLEN SMITH
SCHOLAR TEACHER DEMOCRAT GENTLEMAN
Omnium Amicus erat
qui
Justiciam ament.

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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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