"Most blessed of the patriarchs" : Thomas Jefferson and the empire of the imagination
2016
923.173 J45go 2016
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Title
"Most blessed of the patriarchs" : Thomas Jefferson and the empire of the imagination
Variant Title
Thomas Jefferson and the empire of the imagination
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : Liveright Publishing Corp., a division of W. W. Norton & Co., 2016.
Description
xxv, 370 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number
923.173 J45go 2016
System Control No.
(OCoLC)909974634
Note
Authors present an absorbing and revealing character study that finally clarifies the philosophy of Thomas Jefferson. Tracing Jefferson's development and maturation from his youth to his old age, the authors explore what they call the "empire" of Jefferson's imagination--his expansive state of mind born of the intellectual influences and life experiences that led him into public life as a modern avatar of the enlightenment, who often likened himself to an ancient figure--"the most blessed of the patriarchs."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-348) and index.
Contents: Introduction: north and south -- Part I. Patriarch -- Home -- Plantation -- Virginia -- Part II. Traveller -- France -- Looking homeward -- Politics -- Part III. Enthusiast -- Music -- Visitors -- Privacy and prayers -- Epilogue.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-348) and index.
Contents: Introduction: north and south -- Part I. Patriarch -- Home -- Plantation -- Virginia -- Part II. Traveller -- France -- Looking homeward -- Politics -- Part III. Enthusiast -- Music -- Visitors -- Privacy and prayers -- Epilogue.
L2016M59
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