Covenant and Republic: Historical Romance and the Politics of Puritanism

by Philip Gould

Book Overview

Covenant and Republic investigates the cultural politics of historical memory in the early American republic, specifically the historical literature of Puritanism. By situating historical writing about Puritanism in the context of the cultural forces of Republicanism and liberalism, this study reconsiders the emergence of the historical romance in the 1820s, before the work of Nathaniel Hawthorne. This book not only aids the Americanist recovery of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521555329
• ISBN13: 9780521555326
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"