The Real American Dream : : A Meditation on Hope / / Andrew DELBANCO.
Since we discovered that, in Tocqueville's words, "the incomplete joys of this world will never satisfy the heart," how have we Americans made do? In The Real American Dream one of the nation's premier literary scholars searches out the symbols and stories by which Americans have...
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DELBANCO, Andrew, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Real American Dream : A Meditation on Hope / Andrew DELBANCO. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022] ©1999 1 online resource (160 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- Prologue -- 1 GOD -- 2 NATION -- 3 SELF -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Since we discovered that, in Tocqueville's words, "the incomplete joys of this world will never satisfy the heart," how have we Americans made do? In The Real American Dream one of the nation's premier literary scholars searches out the symbols and stories by which Americans have reached for something beyond worldly desire. A spiritual history ranging from the first English settlements to the present day, the book is also a lively, deeply learned meditation on hope. Andrew Delbanco tells of the stringent God of Protestant Christianity, who exerted immense force over the language, institutions, and customs of the culture for nearly 200 years. He describes the falling away of this God and the rise of the idea of a sacred nation-state. And, finally, he speaks of our own moment, when symbols of nationalism are in decline, leaving us with nothing to satisfy the longing for transcendence once sustained by God and nation. From the Christian story that expressed the earliest Puritan yearnings to New Age spirituality, apocalyptic environmentalism, and the multicultural search for ancestral roots that divert our own, The Real American Dream evokes the tidal rhythm of American history. It shows how Americans have organized their days and ordered their lives--and ultimately created a culture--to make sense of the pain, desire, pleasure, and fear that are the stuff of human experience. In a time of cultural crisis, when the old stories seem to be faltering, this book offers a lesson in the painstaking remaking of the American dream. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022) HISTORY / United States / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999 9783110442212 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674034167?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674034167 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674034167/original |
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