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BL
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1005712
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b760082
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| Main Entry
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Manning, Susan, 1953-2013
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| Title & Author
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The Puritan-provincial vision : : Scottish and American literature in the nineteenth century /\ Susan Manning.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge :: Cambridge University Press,, 1990
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| Series Statement
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Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ;; 41
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1 online resource (xii, 241 Seiten)
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| ISBN
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0511570481
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: 0521107016
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: 0521372372
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: 9780511570483
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: 9780521107013
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: 9780521372374
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| Notes
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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| Contents
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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?'.
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| Abstract
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This book suggests an interpretation of the characteristic qualities of Scottish and American literatures. Considering the self-consciously different stance which sets them apart from English literature, the author develops the constituents of the 'puritan-provincial vision': a particular way of looking at life and man's relationship to what lies beyond himself. The book begins with the writings of Calvin and culminates in detailed comparisons of individual works of Scottish and American nineteenth-century prose, questioning the literary and human consequences of this vision through theological, philosophical, political and literary contexts. This puritan-provincial vision is not exclusive to Scottish and American literature so the features discussed here will interest those concerned with other literatures written in English.
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American literature-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
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Comparative literature-- American and Scottish.
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Comparative literature-- Scottish and American.
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English literature-- Scottish authors-- History and criticism.
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Puritan movements in literature.
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Regionalism in literature.
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Scottish literature-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
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American literature.
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English literature-- Scottish authors.
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Puritan movements in literature.
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Regionalism in literature.
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Scottish literature.
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| Dewey Classification
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820.9/9411
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| LC Classification
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PR8550
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