Author: Van Wyck BrooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : National characteristics, American
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
The Wine of the Puritans
Author: Van Wyck BrooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : National characteristics, American
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
THE WINE OF THE PURITANS : A STUDY OF PRESENT-DAY AMERICA
Author: Van Wyck BrooksEdward Hopper
Author: Gail LevinPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520393384
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
New York Times Notable Book Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist Wall Street Journal—one of five best artist biographies Edward Hopper's canvasses are filled with stripped-down spaces and unrelenting light, evocative landscapes, and the lonely aspects of men and women seemingly isolated in their surroundings. What kind of man had this haunting vision, and what kind of life engendered this art? No one is better qualified to answer these questions than art historian Gail Levin, author and curator of the major studies and exhibitions of Hopper's work. In this intimate biography she reveals the true nature and personality of the man himself—and of the woman who shared his life, the artist Josephine Nivison.
The Wine of the Puritans
Author: Van Wyck BrooksPublisher:
ISBN: 9780849504464
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Hot Protestants
Author: Michael P. WinshipPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030012628X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
On fire for God--a sweeping history of puritanism in England and America Begun in the mid-sixteenth century by Protestant nonconformists keen to reform England's church and society while saving their own souls, the puritan movement was a major catalyst in the great cultural changes that transformed the early modern world. Providing a uniquely broad transatlantic perspective, this groundbreaking volume traces puritanism's tumultuous history from its initial attempts to reshape the Church of England to its establishment of godly republics in both England and America and its demise at the end of the seventeenth century. Shedding new light on puritans whose impact was far-reaching as well as on those who left only limited traces behind them, Michael Winship delineates puritanism's triumphs and tribulations and shows how the puritan project of creating reformed churches working closely with intolerant godly governments evolved and broke down over time in response to changing geographical, political, and religious exigencies.
The Puritans
Author: David D. HallPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691203377
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
"Shedding critical new light on the diverse forms of Puritan belief and practice in England, Scotland, and New England, Hall provides a multifaceted account of a cultural movement that judged the Protestant reforms of Elizabeth's reign to be unfinished"--Provided by publisher.
The History of the Puritans
Author: Daniel NealPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
America's Coming-of-age
Author: Van Wyck BrooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
The Puritans
Author: Perry MillerPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486161056
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 910
Book Description
Critically acclaimed compilation includes writings by William Bradford, Increase Mather, William Hubbard, Anne Bradstreet, and other influential figures. "The best selection ever made of Puritan literature." — historian Samuel Eliot Morison.
The Wine of the Puritans; a Study of Present-Day America
Author: Van Wyck BrooksPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230352374
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III Education and other incidents--Background and reserve--Cut flowers --" Educated, by George!"--College men and the 'Tush"-- Household philosophy--A fine country but no hogs--Ideals and regrets--"New Thought"--Intelligence, and instinct again-- Ingenuity and self-centred optimism. The oldest of all thought-- Politics considered as an incident--Mr Carnegie's reasons--Outside and in. BACKGROUND and reserve', you say -- that's just the point: they come from the cultivation of instinct. And you know we've already discussed why Americans are transparent! The oddest way it all works out--this preoccupation with the machinery--is that we regard education, politics, literature, and things of that sort (sic) as incidents, incidentals, things considered (beside the very important matter of getting a living) as of distinctly secondary importance, and not merely as unimportant branches of life but as unimportant objects, things you can touch and handle and separate one from another and turn your back upon. These things are not mixed into our lives, they are in some way excrescences. It is not because we are insincere in the enthusiasm for, say, religion or politics or art which we undoubtedly feel, but that they are not, in spite of our enthusiasm, the primary concern with us. They are reserved for Sundays or Election days, or the Saturday afternoons we spend at the museum, or the winter evenings we spend over a good book; they certainly do not flavour our moments as they pass, as if they were born and bred in us and somehow seemed always present though we never happened to see any particular picture or read any particular book. And although we are entirely sincere in our religion and politics and in our desire for some ideal of education, ...