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'''''The Life of the Mind in America: From the Revolution to the Civil War''''' is a nonfiction history book by [[Perry Miller]]. It won the 1966 [[Pulitzer Prize for History]].<ref name="BrennanClarage1999">{{cite book|author1=Elizabeth A. Brennan|author2=Elizabeth C. Clarage|title=Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=63nvmt4HqTEC&pg=PA304|year=1999|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-57356-111-2|pages=304–}}</ref><ref name="FischerFischer1994">{{cite book|author1=Heinz Dietrich Fischer|author2=Erika J. Fischer|title=American History Awards, 1917-1991: From Colonial Settlements to the Civil Rights Movement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BIdEedwsbcEC&pg=PA229|year=1994|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-3-598-30177-3|pages=229–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1966 | title=1966 Winners | publisher=pulitzer.org | accessdate=30 March 2015}}</ref> Miller writing about "Evangelical Basis" (Book one), "The Legal Mentality" (Book two), "Science" (Book three).<ref>Max Byrd, [https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1965/9/25/the-life-of-the-mind-in/ Book Review,] Harvard Crimson, September 25, 1965.</ref> Book three was incomplete. ''The Life of the Mind'' was published posthumously. |
'''''The Life of the Mind in America: From the Revolution to the Civil War''''' is a nonfiction history book by [[Perry Miller]]. It won the 1966 [[Pulitzer Prize for History]].<ref name="BrennanClarage1999">{{cite book|author1=Elizabeth A. Brennan|author2=Elizabeth C. Clarage|title=Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=63nvmt4HqTEC&pg=PA304|year=1999|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-57356-111-2|pages=304–}}</ref><ref name="FischerFischer1994">{{cite book|author1=Heinz Dietrich Fischer|author2=Erika J. Fischer|title=American History Awards, 1917-1991: From Colonial Settlements to the Civil Rights Movement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BIdEedwsbcEC&pg=PA229|year=1994|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-3-598-30177-3|pages=229–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1966 | title=1966 Winners | publisher=pulitzer.org | accessdate=30 March 2015}}</ref> Miller writing about "Evangelical Basis" (Book one), "The Legal Mentality" (Book two), "Science" (Book three).<ref>Max Byrd, [https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1965/9/25/the-life-of-the-mind-in/ Book Review,] Harvard Crimson, September 25, 1965.</ref> Book three was incomplete. ''The Life of the Mind'' was published posthumously. |
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The Evangelical Basis has generated the most |
The Evangelical Basis has generated the most influence.<ref>Alfred Kazin, On Perry Miller, NY Rev. of Books (Nov 25, 1965); Clifford K. Shipton, Book Review, PMHB 266-67 (1966).</ref> The Legal Mentality has been relatively neglected.<ref>Lawrence Friedman, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/794889 Heart against Head], 77 Yale Law Journal 1244 (1968); Stanley N. Katz, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1598514?origin=crossref Looking Backward: The Early of American Law], 33 U. Chicago L. Rev. 867 (1966).</ref> The sublime is present through the book. Nature against law and the law's independence are especially relevant of the second book. |
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Author | Perry Miller |
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Language | English |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World |
Publication date | 1965 |
Publication place | United States |
The Life of the Mind in America: From the Revolution to the Civil War is a nonfiction history book by Perry Miller. It won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for History.[1][2][3] Miller writing about "Evangelical Basis" (Book one), "The Legal Mentality" (Book two), "Science" (Book three).[4] Book three was incomplete. The Life of the Mind was published posthumously.
The Evangelical Basis has generated the most influence.[5] The Legal Mentality has been relatively neglected.[6] The sublime is present through the book. Nature against law and the law's independence are especially relevant of the second book.
References[edit]
- ^ Elizabeth A. Brennan; Elizabeth C. Clarage (1999). Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 304–. ISBN 978-1-57356-111-2.
- ^ Heinz Dietrich Fischer; Erika J. Fischer (1994). American History Awards, 1917-1991: From Colonial Settlements to the Civil Rights Movement. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 229–. ISBN 978-3-598-30177-3.
- ^ "1966 Winners". pulitzer.org. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ Max Byrd, Book Review, Harvard Crimson, September 25, 1965.
- ^ Alfred Kazin, On Perry Miller, NY Rev. of Books (Nov 25, 1965); Clifford K. Shipton, Book Review, PMHB 266-67 (1966).
- ^ Lawrence Friedman, Heart against Head, 77 Yale Law Journal 1244 (1968); Stanley N. Katz, Looking Backward: The Early of American Law, 33 U. Chicago L. Rev. 867 (1966).