Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War |
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Page 346
... social idea and a logical movement - but the doctrine of the right of private judgment , which speculative philosophers and vain schismatics attempted to engraft upon it , or deduce from it . Human equality , the social contract , the ...
... social idea and a logical movement - but the doctrine of the right of private judgment , which speculative philosophers and vain schismatics attempted to engraft upon it , or deduce from it . Human equality , the social contract , the ...
Page 535
... social analysis ; yet the latter does not deaden the narrative as happens so often with this kind of book . Tourgée is one of the most readable in this secondary category of writers who aim primarily at social history . His narrative ...
... social analysis ; yet the latter does not deaden the narrative as happens so often with this kind of book . Tourgée is one of the most readable in this secondary category of writers who aim primarily at social history . His narrative ...
Page 551
... social conscience and a sense of responsibility that involved her in community ac- tivities . He began , in 1870 , writing a weekly column for the Picayune , then threw up his accountant's job and became a full - time journalist ...
... social conscience and a sense of responsibility that involved her in community ac- tivities . He began , in 1870 , writing a weekly column for the Picayune , then threw up his accountant's job and became a full - time journalist ...
Contents
Harriet Beecher Stowe | 3 |
Calvin Stowe Francis Grierson The Battle Hymn | 59 |
Abraham Lincoln | 99 |
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Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War Edmund Wilson Limited preview - 1994 |
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