The Puritan Origins of the American Self (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780300172416)

"Perhaps the most penetrating examination yet published of 'the sources of our obsessive concern with the meaning of America.'"--Jack P. Greene, History

"The most valuable achievement in colonial American literature since the best work of Perry Miller."--David Levin, William and Mary Quarterly

"A brave and brilliant book...that is the most significant and far-reaching contribution to the theory of American literature in recent years."--Alan Trachtenberg, Partisan Review

"A study which reaches with daring ease from the Bible and Augustine to Emerson and Whitman... and] offers an agenda for the next several decades of scholarly work on colonial religious studies."--John F. Wilson, Theology Today

" Bercovitch] casts a dazzling light on the myth of America and the conundrums of individuality and community that are the core of the American character."--Michael Zuckerman, Early American Literature

Author: Sacvan Bercovitch
ISBN-10: 0300172419
ISBN-13: 9780300172416
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/31/2011
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.18w x 0.71d