The Puritan and the Cynic: Moralists and Theorists in French and American Letters by Jefferson Humphries

The Puritan and the Cynic: Moralists and Theorists in French and American Letters

Jefferson Humphries

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nonfiction classics history literary challenging reflective medium-paced
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Why do Americans, and so often, American writers, profess moral sentiments and yet write so little in the traditionally "moralistic" genres of maxim and fable? What is the relation between "moral" concerns and literary theory? Can any sort of mora...

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