Main Currents in American Thought

About this eBook

Author

Parrington, Vernon Louis, 1871-1929

Title

Main currents in American thought : An interpretation of American literature from the beginnings to 1920

Original Publication

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1927, copyright 1930.

Credits

Sean/IB—@ParchmentGlow

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

United States -- Intellectual life

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 78025

Release Date

February 24, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Main Currents in American Thought
2. 2.Foreword
3. 3.Introduction [to Volume One: The Colonial Mind]
4. 4.Contents [Volume One]
5. 5.Book One • Liberalism and Puritanism
6. 6.Part One: The Puritan Heritage • 1620–1660
7. 7.Untitled
8. 8.Untitled
9. 9.Untitled
10. 10.Untitled
11. 11.Untitled
12. 12.Part Two: the Twilight of the Oligarchy • 1660–1720
13. 13.Untitled
14. 14.Untitled
15. 15.Untitled
16. 16.Book Two • The Colonial Mind
17. 17.Part One: The Mind in the Making • 1720–1763
18. 18.Untitled
19. 19.Untitled
20. 20.Untitled
21. 21.Part Two: The Awakening of the American Mind • 1763–1783
22. 22.Untitled
23. 23.Untitled
24. 24.Untitled
25. 25.Untitled
26. 26.Untitled
27. 27.Book Three: Liberalism and the Constitution • 1783–1800 — Part One: The Agrarian Defeat • 1783–1787
28. 28.Untitled
29. 29.Untitled
30. 30.Part Two: Political Democracy Gets Under Way • 1787–1800
31. 31.Untitled
32. 32.Untitled
33. 33.Untitled
34. 34.Bibliography — Book I: Part I — Book I: Part II — Book II: Part I — Book II: Part II — Book III: Part I — Book III: Part II
35. 35.Index [Volume One]
36. 36.The Romantic Revolution in America [Volume Two]
37. 37.Foreword
38. 38.Introduction
39. 39.Contents [Volume Two]
40. 40.Book One • The Mind of the South
41. 41.Part One: The Virginia Renaissance
42. 42.Untitled
43. 43.Untitled
44. 44.Untitled
45. 45.Untitled
46. 46.Part Two: The Renaissance of Slavery
47. 47.Untitled
48. 48.Untitled
49. 49.Untitled
50. 50.Part Three: The Romance of the West
51. 51.Untitled
52. 52.Untitled
53. 53.Book Two • The Mind of the Middle East —
54. 54.Untitled
55. 55.Untitled
56. 56.Untitled
57. 57.Untitled
58. 58.Untitled
59. 59.Book Three • The Mind of New England
60. 60.Part One: the Twilight of Federalism
61. 61.Untitled
62. 62.Part Two: The Rise of Liberalism
63. 63.Untitled
64. 64.Untitled
65. 65.Untitled
66. 66.Part Three: The Transcendental Mind
67. 67.Untitled
68. 68.Untitled
69. 69.Untitled
70. 70.Untitled
71. 71.Part IV: Other Aspects of the New England Mind
72. 72.Untitled
73. 73.Untitled
74. 74.Conclusion
75. 75.Bibliography — Book I: Part I — Book I: Part II — Book I: Part III — Book II — Book III: Part I — Book III: Part II — Book III: Part III — Book III: Part IV
76. 76.Index [Volume Two]
77. 77.Vernon Louis Parrington
78. 78.Foreword
79. 79.Introduction⁠ [1]
80. 80.Contents⁠ [1] [Volume Three]
81. 81.Book One • Changing America
82. 82.Part One: The Gilded Age
83. 83.Untitled
84. 84.Untitled
85. 85.Untitled
86. 86.Part Two: New Patterns of Thought
87. 87.Untitled
88. 88.Untitled
89. 89.Book Two • The Old and the New: Storm Clouds
90. 90.Part One: The Middle Border Rises
91. 91.Untitled
92. 92.Untitled
93. 93.Part Two: Proletarian Hopes⁠ [1]
94. 94.Untitled
95. 95.Untitled
96. 96.Addenda — Naturalism in American Fiction⁠ [1] — Sidney Lanier⁠ [12] — The Incomparable Mr. Cabell⁠ [13]
97. 97.The Problem Novel and the Diversion from Naturalism⁠ [1] — Jack London: The Novelist of the Proletariat⁠ [6] — Upton Sinclair⁠ [7] — Theodore Dreiser: Chief of American Naturalists⁠ [8] — Sinclair Lewis: Our Own Diogenes⁠ [19] — Sherwood Anderson: A Psychological Naturalist⁠ [20] — A New Romance — 1917–1924⁠ [22] — Ole Rölvaag’s “Giants in the Earth”⁠ [32] — The Short Story⁠ [33] — A Chapter in American Liberalism⁠ [34]
98. 98.Bibliography
99. 99.Index [Volume Three]

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