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Didactics: Social, Literary, And Political (Volume Ii)

Didactics: Social, Literary, And Political (Volume Ii)

Walsh, Robert

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PhilosophyGeneral GLBTQIA FictionGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354508871
ISBN13: 9789354508875
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.40
Height: 0.57 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Ideas that shaped a nation. Didactics: Social, Literary, And Political (Volume II) gathers Robert Walsh at full stretch: incisive, argumentative, and alert to the pressures of public life. In this second volume of his complete essay collection, political and social essays sit beside literary criticism essays, moving from civic questions to the judgement of books, taste, and public language with the same steady authority. Walsh writes from the ferment of the antebellum United States, when debates over culture, reform, and national direction were fought sentence by sentence. Read today, these pieces offer a vivid primary source collection of nineteenth-century intellectual history: a window into American political thought as it was made, contested, and refined in print. His pages reward anyone interested in social commentary and reform, as well as readers drawn to literature and culture analysis, where art, education, and public morals are treated as connected concerns rather than separate worlds. For students and enthusiasts alike, the prose also serves as a sharp model for rhetoric and composition study: structured reasoning, controlled emphasis, and a feel for persuasion without noise. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today; a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. A strong choice for fans of classic American essayists, and a handsome addition for libraries built around early American political writing and the long argument of ideas.

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