LITERATURE AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1764—1815).ppt
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LiteratureandTheAmericanRevolution(1764—1815)HistoricalOverviewEnlightenmentInthe18thcentury,developedrigorouslyinFranceandotherEuropeancountries,itsinfluencereachedthecoloniesofAmericaThroughNewtonianprism,theuniverseisseenasamechanismoperatingbyarationalformulabyunchanginglawsavailabletointelligenthumansNewtonianrationalismnurturedafaithinscienceandtheideaofprogress,helpedpromulgateahumanistepistemology.NewtonianassumptionshelpedshapeanewimageofGod,differentfromthatofPuritanism.TheinfluenceofThomasHobbesandJohnLockewerefeltintherealmofpsychologicalandpoliticalinquiries.AmericanintellectualstookdifferentthingsfromtheEnlightenment.DeismandUnitarianismAmericanCultureandTheAmericanRevolutionBenjaminFranklin(1706-1790)Inventor,scientist,printer,politicalstatesman,diplomat,andexemplaryself-mademan,arevolutionaryheroandauthorBigevents:Famouskiteexperiment,provetheidentityoflightningandelectricitySetuphisownprintingpressandsucceededthroughhisindustryandthriftNegotiatedthetreatyofParisthatendedtheRevolutionaryWarRestlessenergy,optimismandinnovativespirit,hadfaithinhumanaccomplishmentandprogressProvedwhateverexistsisrightinapamphletinADissertationonLibertyandNecessity,PainandPleasure(1725)ComposedArticlesofBeliefandActsofReligionforhisownspiritualguidance(1728)ThankYou!