A Cultural History of the American Revolution

 

A CULTURAL HISTORY OF
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Kenneth Silverman

"Although the book will doubtless become a standard reference work, it is not a mere catalog or encyclopedia. The author comments perceptively on the aesthetic values of the works he discusses, displaying an extraordinary virtuosity in the range of his critical appreciation. He makes a good case for his major thesis, that this period saw the first burst of creative energy directed toward high culture in America."
—Edmund S. Morgan,
The New York Review of Books

"...Kenneth Silverman's research has a no-stone-unturned definitiveness to it. His command of his sources is virtually total...He documents as never before the linkage between the Revolution and the origin of American national culture, thereby bringing to a climax the long tradition of scholarly concern with this grand theme."
—William L. Hedges, Early American Literature

"...Silverman has literally galvanized the past...Historical figures until now frozen in memorial postures have been set dancing again..."
—John Seelye,
The Washington Post