American Puritan Imagination: Essays in RevaluationCambridge University Press, 1974 M06 28 - 265 pages 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. However, much of the best critical work to date has been published as articles in scholarly journals, and in bringing together for the first time the best work in this growing field the present anthology fills a number of important needs. It is at once a valuabale and accessible introduction for students, a summing-up of a new enterprise, and a guide for further studies. |
Contents
Sacvan Bercovitch page I | 17 |
Literary consequences of Puritanism | 34 |
The Puritan jeremiad as a literary form | 45 |
Spiritual biography and the Lords Remembrancers | 56 |
William Bradfords | 77 |
The Puritan poetry of Anne Bradstreet | 107 |
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