A speaking aristocracy : transforming public discourse in eighteenth-century Connecticut / / Christopher Grasso
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| Autore: |
Grasso Christopher
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| Titolo: |
A speaking aristocracy : transforming public discourse in eighteenth-century Connecticut / / Christopher Grasso
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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] ; ; London, [England] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia by the University of North Carolina Press, , 1999 |
| ©1999 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (526 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306/.09746/09033 |
| Soggetto topico: | Discourse analysis - Social aspects - Connecticut - History - 18th century |
| Rhetoric - Social aspects - Connecticut - History - 18th century | |
| Elite (Social sciences) - Connecticut - History - 18th century | |
| Intellectuals - Connecticut - History - 18th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Connecticut Intellectual life 18th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Introduction; PART I: MEANING AND MORAL ORDER; 1. The Power of the Public Covenant; 2. Only a Great Awakening: Jonathan Edwards and the Regulation of Religious Discourse; 3. Legalism and Orthodoxy: Thomas Clap and the Transformation of Legal Culture; PART II: CULTIVATION AND ENLIGHTENMENT; 4. The Experimental Philosophy of Farming: Jared Eliot and the Cultivation of Connecticut; 5. Christian Knowledge and Revolutionary New England: The Education of Ezra Stiles; PART III: REVOLUTION AND STEADY HABITS |
| 6. Print, Poetry, and Politics: John Trumbull and the Transformation of the Public Sphere7. Reawakening the Public Mind: Timothy Dwight and the Rhetoric of New England; 8. Political Characters and Public Words; Conclusion: The New Politics of Revolution and Steady Habits; Appendix 1: Connecticut Imprints; Appendix 2: Connecticut Election Sermons; Appendix 3: A Note on the Historiography of the Great Awakening; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A speaking aristocracy |
| ISBN: | 0-8078-3920-5 |
| 1-4696-0120-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910464326103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia