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.
Perry Miller Pořadí knih (chronologicky)
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 Raven and the Whale
The War of Words and Wits in the Era of Poe and Melville
- 370 stránek
- 13 hodin čtení
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 American Transcendentalists
Their Prose and Poetry