The pragmatist turn : religion, the Enlightenment, and the formation of American literature / Giles Gunn.

Includes bibliographies and index.

In The Pragmatist Turn, renowned scholar Giles Gunn offers a new critical history on the ways in which seventeenth-century religion and the eighteenth-century Enlightenment influenced the formation of the American literary canon. Engaging with the work of authors ranging from Melville and Douglass to Dickinson and Morrison, he reveals the roots of a pragmatist consciousness at the heart of American culture. --

The difficulty of beginnings -- Puritan ascendance and decline -- Enlightenment and a new age dawning -- The pragmatist refiguration of American narratives -- The Jamesian component -- Religion and the Enlightenment under the sign of the modern and beyond.

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