Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800James E. Person Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 4-8 of the greatest writers and thinkers of the late Middle Ages, Renaissance and Restoration periods by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. Among those profiled in this volume are:
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... ideas in general was autonomous in the face of government ; it was immune from political discipline , which could only fall upon actions , not ideas . Even the medieval Inquisition respected this distinction of orders ; it never ...
... ideas in general was autonomous in the face of government ; it was immune from political discipline , which could only fall upon actions , not ideas . Even the medieval Inquisition respected this distinction of orders ; it never ...
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... IDEAS : EMPIRE AND AMERICAN RIGHTS In these essays Franklin had more to say about the views of the Americans than about his own ideas . Repertorial phrases are common : " These are their notions . They may be errors . " Right or wrong ...
... IDEAS : EMPIRE AND AMERICAN RIGHTS In these essays Franklin had more to say about the views of the Americans than about his own ideas . Repertorial phrases are common : " These are their notions . They may be errors . " Right or wrong ...
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... ideas already were common to American statesmen and diplomatists of the time . " They were " the fruit of American diplomatic experience since the Declaration of Independence . " According to Bemis , John Quincy Adams shared these ...
... ideas already were common to American statesmen and diplomatists of the time . " They were " the fruit of American diplomatic experience since the Declaration of Independence . " According to Bemis , John Quincy Adams shared these ...
Contents
The Intellectual Background | 1 |
Benjamin Franklin 17061790 | 99 |
Patrick Henry 17361799 | 191 |
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