Law and letters in American culture
Print Book, English, 1984
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1984
Criticism, interpretation, etc
viii, 417 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780674514652, 9780674514669, 0674514653, 0674514661
10727206
I. THE CONFIGURATION OF LAW AND LETTERS Prologue to Part I In America the Law Is King Mysterious Obligation: Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia To Form a More Perfect Union II. THE MAJOR WRITERS Prologue to Part II The Post-Revolutionary Writers: Trumbuil, Tyler, and Brackenridge The Case of Charles Brockden Brown Washington Irving Hunts Down the Nation William Cullen Bryant: The Creative Context of the Poet III. BREAKDOWN AND RESOLUTION Prologue to Part III Daniel Webster: Counsel for the Defense The Richard Henry Danas: Father and Son End of the Configuration LINCOLN: AN EPILOGUE Notes Index