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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. SPLENDID: PROFOUND: CHALLENGING: NEW Library of America First Edition hardcover (Orig. 1999) First Printing: NEW mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & showing orig.$40.00 price at bottom-right inside-front flyleaf, NEW burgundy silk-finish rayon-weave Brillianta fabric-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & slightest bumping of corners & titles & LOA colophon handsomely gilt-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & crimson-white-checked cloth bands at spine-caps & w/ burgundy silk page-marker ribbon bound-in from top, IMPECCABLE white-on-burgundy card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed in remarkably clear 10-point Linotron Galliard on superb unblemished acid-free Ecusta Nyalite archival paper * 5.06" x 8.12" x 1.24", 0.60 kg, xvi+939 (955) pp. * ABOUT THE BOOK: The sermon is the first & most enduring genre of American literature. The essential medium of the Puritan settlements, it continued in succeeding centuries to play a vital role: as public ritual, occasion for passion & reflection, & (not least) as popular entertainment. The 58 sermons collected in this brilliantly edited volume display the form's eloquence, intellectual rigor, & spiritual fervor. Ranging from the first New England settlements to mass-media evangelism & the civil rights movement in the 1960s, these texts reclaim a neglected aspect of American literature. "Whether it take the form of the formal prose of the Puritans, the clear, plain-spoken wisdom of the Quakers, or the improvisational style of African American folk preaching, the sermon is one of America's most unique types of literature. While this collection should never be considered easy reading, its high quality & profundity more than compensate for its challenges. In fact, this collection (spanning the 17th through the 20th centuries) is packed w/ literary & historical gems. Absalom Jones, an African Episcopal minister, preaches a heart-wrenching sermon that sings the praises of the end of the slave trade in 1808. Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers "The Lord's Supper Sermon" &, of course, there's Martin Luther King's most famous sermon, "I've Been to the Mountaintop"." * THE LBRARY OF AMERICA is an award-winning, nonprofit program dedicated to publishing America's best & most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as "the most important book-publishing project in the nation's history" (Newsweek), this acclaimed series is restoring America's literary heritage in "the finest-looking, longest-lasting edition ever made" (New Republic). * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a nominal additional fee & via efficient USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL to all international shipments at our posted rates.