| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Early American history series : the American colonies, 1500-1830,
1877-0216 ;
volume 7
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Early American history series ; v. 7.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Classical antiquity in promotional tracts for the settlement of New England -- Thomas Morton of Ma-re Mount: the "lady of learning" versus "elephants of wit" -- "Booke learning despised"? Access to "humane learning" in Plymouth Plantation -- Landing with Seneca, founding with Pliny, exiled with Ovid: Governor William Bradford and the classics. |
| Summary |
In 'Greeks, Romans, and Pilgrims' David Lupher examines the availability, circulation, and uses of Greek and Roman culture in the earliest period of the British settlement of New England. This book offers the first systematic correction to the dominant assumption that the Separatist settlers of Plymouth Plantation (the so-called "Pilgrims") were hostile or indifferent to "humane learning"--A belief dating back to their cordial enemy, the May-pole reveler Thomas Morton of Ma-re Mount, whose own eccentric classical negotiations receive a chapter in this book. While there have been numerous studies of the uses of classical culture during the Revolutionary period of colonial North America, the first decades of settlement in New England have been neglected. Utilizing both familiar texts such as William Bradford's 'Of Plimmoth Plantation' and overlooked archival sources, 'Greeks, Romans, and Pilgrims' signals the end of that neglect |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
New England -- Civilization -- 17th century.
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New England. |
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Civilization. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
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Puritans -- New England -- History -- 17th century.
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New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Puritans. |
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HISTORY -- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) |
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History. |
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HISTORY -- North America. |
| Chronological Term |
1600-1775 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lupher, David A., 1947- Greeks, Romans, and Pilgrims. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017] 9789004351172 (DLC) 2017033468 |
| ISBN |
9789004351196 (E-Book) |
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9004351191 (E-Book) |
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9789004351172 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004351175 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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