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American Puritan Imagination - Essays in Revaluation

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Zusammenfassung Over the last two decades a major revaluation has been taking place of the colonial Puritan imagination. With the growth of interest in early American literature has come increasing recognition of its quality and a better understanding of its place in the continuity of American culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The veiled vision: the role of aesthetics in early American intellectual history Norman S. Grabo; 3. Literary consequences of Puritanism Larzer Ziff; 4. The Puritan jeremiad as a literary form David Minter; 5. Spiritual biography and the 'Lords Remembrancers' Cecelia Tichi; 6. 'With My Owne Eyes': William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation Jesper Rosenmeier; 7. The Puritan poetry of Anne Bradstreet Robert D. Richardson, Jr; 8. The example of Edward Taylor Karl Keller; 9. Essays to do good for the glory of God: Cotton Mather's Bonifacius David Levin; 10. The art and instruction of Jonathan Edwards' Personal Narrative Daniel B. Shea, Jr; 11. Benjamin Franklin and the choice of a single point of view John F. Lynen; 12. Christ and Adam as 'figures' in American literature Ursula Brumm; Selected bibliography; Index.

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Authors S. Bercovitch, Sacvan Bercovitch
Assisted by Sacvan Bercovitch (Editor), Bercovitch Sacvan (Editor)
Publisher Cambridge University Press ELT
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 28.06.1974
 
EAN 9780521098410
ISBN 978-0-521-09841-0
No. of pages 276
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies

USA, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: general

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