Major Writers of Early American LiteratureUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1972 - 301 Seiten An outstanding collection of original critical essays by distinguished specialists, this book is both a chronological survey of nearly 200 years of American literature and an exciting reappraisal of the major figures of that period. Includes works from Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, William Bryd, Anne Bradstreet, William Bradford, and others. |
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... course was probable , they must rest herein on God's providence as they had done in other things . ( pp . 30-31 ) II The great value of the Puritan historian , then , is that he can show us piety functioning uncertainly but faithfully ...
... course was probable , they must rest herein on God's providence as they had done in other things . ( pp . 30-31 ) II The great value of the Puritan historian , then , is that he can show us piety functioning uncertainly but faithfully ...
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... course , es- pecially important to the Puritans and to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries generally . As in the preceding quaternions , however , Anne Bradstreet usually presents her material without the moralizing found in her ...
... course , es- pecially important to the Puritans and to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries generally . As in the preceding quaternions , however , Anne Bradstreet usually presents her material without the moralizing found in her ...
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... course , was an infamous atheist ) David Hume show . On the other hand , he recommended , when leaving America in 1764 , to his daughter Sarah that she : Go constantly to Church whoever preaches . The Acts of Devotion in the common ...
... course , was an infamous atheist ) David Hume show . On the other hand , he recommended , when leaving America in 1764 , to his daughter Sarah that she : Go constantly to Church whoever preaches . The Acts of Devotion in the common ...
Inhalt
Introduction | 3 |
Anne Bradstreet | 33 |
Edward Taylor | 59 |
Urheberrecht | |
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