The Rites Of Assent: Transformations In

Bercovitch, Sacvan

ISBN 10: 0415900158 / ISBN 13: 9780415900157

Published by Routledge, 1993

About this Item

This book traces the manifold functions of 'America' - as a view of history, a spiritual ideal, a myth of origins and a mode of identity, in the work of major influential writers from the Revolution to the Civil War. Num Pages: 436 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 586. . . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Rites Of Assent: Transformations In
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415900158
• ISBN 13: 9780415900157
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The Rites of Assent examines the cultural strategies through which "America" served as a vehicle simultaneously for diversity and cohesion, fusion and fragmentation. Taking an ethnographic, cross-cultural approach, The Rites of Assent traces the meanings and purposes of "America" back to the colonial typology of mission, and specifically (in chapters on Puritan rhetoric, Cotton Mather, Jonathan Edwards, and the movement from Revival to Revolution) to the legacy of early New England.

About the Author

Sacvan Bercovitch is Carswell Professor of English at Harvard University and is currently the General Editor of the multi-volume Cambridge History of American Literature. His previous books include The PuritanOrigins of the American Self, The American Jeremiad, and The Office "The Scarlet Letter."