03550nam 2200733 a 450 991045493020332120200520144314.00-674-04094-510.4159/9780674040946(CKB)1000000000786861(StDuBDS)AH23050803(SSID)ssj0000243121(PQKBManifestationID)11209752(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000243121(PQKBWorkID)10321048(PQKB)10498497(MiAaPQ)EBC3300045(DE-B1597)457704(OCoLC)1049691823(OCoLC)979880306(DE-B1597)9780674040946(Au-PeEL)EBL3300045(CaPaEBR)ebr10312750(OCoLC)923108896(EXLCZ)99100000000078686120050323d2005 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrSecular revelations[electronic resource] the Constitution of the United States and classic American literature /Mitchell MeltzerCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20051 online resource (x, 192 p. )illFormerly CIP.Uk0-674-01912-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-188) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Constitution and American Literature -- I: The Constitution as a Secular Revelation -- 1. At the Beginning -- 2. The Path to Union -- 3. The People, Having Spoken, Speak -- 4. Almost a Miracle -- 5. The Paradox of Secular Revelation -- II: An American Literary Renaissance -- 6. Declarations of American Literary Independence -- 7. Preserving the Revelation -- 8. Preserving the Paradox -- 9. The Literary Renaissance of Secular Revelation -- 10. Essays in Time -- 11. A Poetic Form for Straying -- 12. Clinging to Narrative -- 13. Confidence and the Darkness of Revelation -- Conclusion: The Literary Art of Uniting States -- Notes -- IndexThe United States Constitution is a quintessentially political document. Yet, until now, no one has seriously considered the formative influence of this document on American cultural life. In this ambitious book, Mitchell Meltzer demonstrates the extent to which the Constitution is both source and inspiration for America's greatest literary masterworks.American literature19th centuryHistory and criticismNationalism and literatureUnited StatesHistory19th centuryLiterature and stateUnited StatesHistory19th centuryNational characteristics, American, in literatureConstitutional historyUnited StatesSecularism in literatureRevelation in literatureElectronic books.American literatureHistory and criticism.Nationalism and literatureHistoryLiterature and stateHistoryNational characteristics, American, in literature.Constitutional historySecularism in literature.Revelation in literature.810.9/358HS 1070rvkMeltzer Mitchell595976MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454930203321Secular revelations991578UNINA