Title Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, and the representation of American culture / edited by Barbara B. Oberg, Harry S. Stout.

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New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

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Description	1 online resource (viii, 230 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Contributors; 1. Introduction; MIND; 2. Religious Affections and Religious Affectations: Antinomianism and Hypocrisy in the Writings of Edwards and Franklin; 3. Enlightenment and Awakening in Edwards and Franklin; 4. The Nature of True -- and Useful -- Virtue: From Edwards to Franklin; 5. "A Wall Between Them Up to Heaven": Jonathan Edwards and Benjamin Franklin; 6. Franklin, Edwards, and the Problem of Human Nature; CULTURE; 7. The Two Cultures in Eighteenth-Century America; 8. The Laughter of One: Sweetness and Light in Franklin and Edwards.
Summary	This is an interdisciplinary collection of comparative essays which looks at aspects of the thought of Edwards and Franklin and considers their places in American culture.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Criticism and interpretation.
	Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758 -- Criticism and interpretation.
	Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
	Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758.
	Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758. (OCoLC)fst00039981
	Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. (OCoLC)fst00034115
	American prose literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism.
	American prose literature -- History and criticism.
	Language and culture -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
	National characteristics, American, in literature.
	United States -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
	LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
	American prose literature. (OCoLC)fst00807422
	American prose literature -- Colonial period. (OCoLC)fst01711009
	Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00975769
	Language and culture. (OCoLC)fst00992135
	National characteristics, American, in literature. (OCoLC)fst01033350
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1600-1799
Indexed Term	English prose
	United States
Genre/Form	Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author	Oberg, Barbara.
	Stout, Harry S.
Other Form:	Print version: Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, and the representation of American culture. New York : Oxford University Press, 1993 (DLC) 92034327
ISBN	9780195344875 (electronic bk.)

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