The title of this book by Perry Miller, a world-famous interpreter of the American past, nearly poses the question it has been his lifelong purpose to answer: What was the underlying aim of the first colonists in coming to America? Miller emphasizes the need for understanding the human sources from which the American mainstream has risen.
Perry Miller Bücher
25. Februar 1905 – 9. Dezember 1963
Perry Miller war eine Schlüsselfigur der amerikanischen Ideengeschichte, bekannt für seine tiefe Auseinandersetzung mit dem amerikanischen Puritanismus. Als einer der Begründer der American Studies ebnete er einen kulturellen Ansatz zum Verständnis historischer Weltanschauungen und verlagerte den Fokus von früheren psychologischen und ökonomischen Analysen. Seine fundierte Gelehrsamkeit beleuchtete komplexe Ideen und prägte das Studium des amerikanischen Denkens maßgeblich. Millers Einfluss reichte über die akademische Welt hinaus, indem er zukünftige Gelehrte betreute und literarische Persönlichkeiten inspirierte.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
- 74 Seiten
- 3 Lesestunden
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Other Stories by Washington Irving was first published in 1819 or 1820. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Other Stories includes the most famous of Washington Irving's works: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle and Christmas Day.The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is the story of Ichabod Crane, a schoolmaster from Connecticut who has moved to the New York countryside settlement of Tarry Town whose secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow is haunted by an infamous spectre, the Headless Horseman. Rip Van Winkle tells the tale of a Dutch-American villager living during the time of the American Revolution. He mysteriously falls asleep in New York's Catskill Mountains only to discover when he awakes that many years have passed and much has changed. Christmas Day is a tale of the quaint and old English traditions of celebrating Christmas.