Law and letters in American culture

I. THE CONFIGURATION OF LAW AND LETTERS Prologue to Part I In America the Law Is King Mysterious Obligation: Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia To Form a More Perfect Union II. THE MAJOR WRITERS Prologue to Part II The Post-Revolutionary Writers: Trumbuil, Tyler, and Brackenridge The Case of Charles Brockden Brown Washington Irving Hunts Down the Nation William Cullen Bryant: The Creative Context of the Poet III. BREAKDOWN AND RESOLUTION Prologue to Part III Daniel Webster: Counsel for the Defense The Richard Henry Danas: Father and Son End of the Configuration LINCOLN: AN EPILOGUE Notes Index