Main currents in American thought
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- An interpretation of American literature from the beginnings to 1920
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1. Main Currents in American Thought2. Foreword3. Introduction [to Volume One: The Colonial Mind]4. Chapter II • The Transplanting of Ideas5. Chapter III • The Chief Stewards of Theocracy6. Chapter IV • The Contributions of Independency7. Chapter V • Other Dreamers in Israel8. Chapter I • Samuel Sewall • Yankee9. Chapter II • The Mather Dynasty10. Chapter III • Stirrings of Liberalism11. Chapter II • The Anachronism of Jonathan Edwards12. Chapter III • Benjamin Franklin • Our First Ambassador13. Chapter II • The Mind of the American Tory14. Chapter III • John Dickinson • The Mind of the American Whig15. Chapter IV • Samuel Adams • The Mind of the American Democrat16. Chapter V • Literary Echoes17. Chapter I • Agrarianism and Capitalism18. Chapter II • The Great Debate19. Chapter III • Political Thinkers • The English Group20. Chapter I • The Impact of the French Revolution21. Chapter II • Political Thinkers • The French Group22. Chapter III • The War of Belles Lettres23. Book I: Part I24. Book I: Part II25. Book II: Part I26. Book II: Part II27. Book III: Part I28. Book III: Part II29. The Romantic Revolution in America [Volume Two]30. Chapter I • The Old Dominion31. Chapter II • The Heritage of Jeffersonianism32. Chapter III • John Marshall • Last of the Virginia Federalists33. Chapter IV • The Older Plantation Mind34. Chapter V • Adventures in Romance35. Chapter I • Southern Imperialism36. Chapter II • Winds of Political Doctrine37. Chapter III • The Dream of a Greek Democracy38. Chapter IV • Adventures in Belles Lettres39. Chapter I • New Worlds40. Chapter II • Two Spokesmen of the West41. Chapter III • The Frontier in Letters42. Chapter I • The Old Capital43. Chapter II • The New Capital44. Chapter III • Two Knickerbocker Romantics45. Chapter IV • James Fenimore Cooper • Critic46. Chapter V • Some Contributions of New England47. Chapter I • The Passing of the Tie-Wig School48. Chapter II • Winds of Political Doctrine49. Chapter I • The Renaissance50. Chapter II • Liberalism and Calvinism51. Chapter III • Liberalism and the Social Conscience52. Chapter IV • Certain Militants53. Chapter I • The Genesis of Transcendentalism54. Chapter II • Ralph Waldo Emerson • Transcendental Critic55. Chapter III • Henry Thoreau • Transcendental Economist56. Chapter IV • Theodore Parker • Transcendental Minister57. Chapter V • Margaret Fuller • Rebel58. Chapter I • The Reign of the Genteel59. Chapter II • Nathaniel Hawthorne • Skeptic60. Chapter III • The Authentic Brahmin61. Book I: Part I62. Book I: Part II63. Book I: Part III64. Book II65. Book III: Part I66. Book III: Part II67. Book III: Part III68. Book III: Part IV69. The Beginnings of Critical Realism in America [Volume Three]70. Chapter I • the American Scene71. Chapter I • the American Scene (continued 2)72. Chapter II • The Culture of the Seventies73. Chapter II • The Culture of the Seventies (continued 2)74. Chapter III • Changing Theory75. Chapter IV • The Beginnings of Criticism76. Chapter IV • The Beginnings of Criticism (continued 2)77. Chapter I • Disintegration and Reintegration78. Chapter II • The Skepticism of the House of Adams79. Chapter III • Victorian Realism80. Chapter I • The Plight of the Farmer81. Chapter II • The Democracy of the Age of Innocence82. Chapter III • Literature and the Middle Border[1]83. Chapter IV • The Darkening Skies of Letters84. Chapter IV • The Darkening Skies of Letters (continued 2)85. A Chapter in American Liberalism[34]86. Book I: Part I87. Book I: Part II88. Book II: Part I89. Book II: Part II