Prodigals and pilgrims : the American revolution against patriarchal authority, 1750-1800 /

Prodigals and pilgrims : the American revolution against patriarchal authority, 1750-1800 / Jay Fliegelman.

The author traces a constellation of intimately related ideas - about the nature of parental authority and filial rights, of moral obligation of Scripture, of the growth of the mind and the nature of historical progress - from their most important English and continental expressions in a variety of...

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Main Author: Fliegelman, Jay.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1982.
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subjects:
Literature, Modern > 18th century > History and criticism.
Literature and history > United States.
Parent and child in literature.
Families > United States > History > 18th century.
Patriarchy > Psychological aspects.
American literature > Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 > History and criticism.
American literature > 1783-1850 > History and criticism.
Books and reading > United States > History > 18th century.
Family members.
United States > Intellectual life > 18th century.

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Call Number: E163 .F58 1982
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