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Perry Miller

    25. únor 1905 – 9. prosinec 1963

    Perry Miller byl americký historik myšlení a profesor na Harvardu, který se specializoval na americký puritanismus. Byl jedním ze zakladatelů oboru amerických studií a jeho přístup k historii se vyznačoval kulturním zkoumáním worldview puritánů, což odlišovalo jeho dílo od předchozích psychologických a ekonomických interpretací. Miller ovlivnil celou generaci historiků a jeho vliv sahá až k uznávaným autorům současné literatury.

    The American Transcendentalists
    The Raven and the Whale
    The American Puritans
    The legend of Sleepy Hollow and other stories
    Errand Into the Wilderness
    • The title of this book by Perry Miller, a world-famous interpreter of the American past, nearly poses the question it has been his lifelong purpose to answer: What was the underlying aim of the first colonists in coming to America? Miller emphasizes the need for understanding the human sources from which the American mainstream has risen.

      Errand Into the Wilderness1975
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    • The Headless Horseman faces off with Ichabod Crane in 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,' a ghost story of enduring popularity that takes place at the time of the American Revolution. 'Rip Van Winkle,' another traditional favourite from the same historic period, tells the tale of man who fell asleep for 20 years and found his small town in the Catskill Mountains much changed by the time he awakened. Both are included - along with many other tales - in this classic collection by Washington Irving

      The legend of Sleepy Hollow and other stories1961
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