A speaking aristocracy : transforming public discourse in eighteenth-century Connecticut / Christopher Grasso.

Author/creator Grasso, Christopher
Other author Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture.
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture by the University of North Carolina Press, 1999.
Descriptionviii, 511 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Discourse analysis--Social aspects. --Connecticut. --History. --18th century.
Rhetoric--Social aspects. --Connecticut. --History. --18th century.
Elite (Social sciences)--Connecticut. --History. --18th century.
Intellectuals--Connecticut. --History. --18th century.
Connecticut--Intellectual life. --18th century.

Contents The power of the public covenant -- Only a great awakening: Jonathan Edwards and the regulation of religious discourse -- Legalism and orthodoxy: Thomas Clap and the transformation of legal culture -- The experimental philosophy of farming: Jared Eliot and the cultivation of Connecticut -- Christian knowledge and revolutionary New England: the education of Ezra Stiles -- Print, poetry, and politics: John Trumbull and the transformation of the public sphere -- Reawakening the public mind: Timothy Dwight and the rhetoric of New England -- Political characters and public words.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 98035945
ISBN0807824712 (alk. paper)
ISBN0807847720 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks F97 .G73 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold