Real American Dream A Meditation on Hope

Name: Real American Dream A Meditation on Hope
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ISBN: 9780674003835

ISBN-10: 0674003837

ISBN-13: 9780674003835

Edition: 1999

Authors: Andrew Delbanco

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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…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 9/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.13" wide x 7.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Prologue



God



Nation



Self


Notes


Index