American sermons : the pilgrims to Martin Luther King Jr.
The sermon is the first and most enduring genre of American literature. The essential medium of the Puritan settlements, it continued in succeeding centuries to play a vital role - as public ritual, occasion for passion and reflection, and, not least, popular entertainment. The 58 sermons collected in this volume display the form's eloquence, intellectual rigor, … full description
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- Document Type
- Books
- Physical Description
- xv, 939 s.
- Published
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New York :
The Library of America,
c1999
- Series
- The Library of America Series ;
108
- Subjects
- Bibliography
- Obsahuje bibliografickou poznámku a poznámky
- ISBN
- 1883011655