{"product_id":"code-name-puritan-by-greg-barnhisel-9780226647203","title":"Code Name Puritan","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn insightful biography of an unassuming literary scholar—and spy—who transformed postwar American culture.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough his impact on twentieth-century American cultural life was profound, few people know the story of Norman Holmes Pearson. Pearson's life embodied the Cold War alliances among US artists, scholars, and the national-security state that coalesced after World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a Yale professor and editor, he helped legitimise the study of American culture and shaped the public's understanding of literary modernism—significantly, the work of women poets such as Hilda Doolittle and Gertrude Stein. At the same time, as a spy, recruiter, and cultural diplomat, he connected the academy, the State Department, and even the CIA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eCode Name Puritan\u003c\/em\u003e, Greg Barnhisel maps Pearson's life, from his childhood injury that led to a visible, permanent disability to his wartime counterespionage work neutralising the Nazis' spy network to his powerful role in the cultural and political heyday sometimes called the American Century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with clarity and informed by meticulous research, Barnhisel's revelatory portrait of Pearson details how his unique experiences shaped his beliefs about the American character, from the Puritans onward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46855745667308,"sku":"9780226647203","price":61.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226647203.jpg?v=1759275832","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/code-name-puritan-by-greg-barnhisel-9780226647203","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}