Bibliograph

A history of American Puritan literature, edited by Kristina Bross, Abram Van Engen

Type

Label

A history of American Puritan literature, edited by Kristina Bross, Abram Van Engen

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A history of American Puritan literature

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1152452704

Responsibility statement

edited by Kristina Bross, Abram Van Engen

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Summary

For generations, scholars have imagined American puritans as religious enthusiasts, fleeing persecution, finding refuge in Massachusetts, and founding 'America'. The puritans have been read as a product of New England and the origin of American exceptionalism. This History challenges the usual understanding of American puritans, offering new ways of reading their history and their literary culture. Together, an international team of authors make clear that puritan America cannot be thought of apart from Native America, and that its literature is also grounded in Britain, Europe, North America, the Caribbean, and networks that spanned the globe. Each chapter focuses on a single place, method, idea, or context to read familiar texts anew and to introduce forgotten or neglected voices and writings. A History of American Puritan Literature is a collaborative effort to create not a singular literary history, but a series of interlocked new histories of American puritan literature.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Prologue: Pilgrims, Puritans, and the origin of America / Abram Van Engen -- Native America / Drew Lopenzina -- British Isles / David D. Hall -- Europe / Jan Stievermann -- Colonial North America / Evan Haefeli -- Caribbean / Kristina Bross -- Global / Michelle Burnham -- Theology / Lisa M. Gordis -- Aesthetics / Joanne van der Woude -- Gender / Tamara Harvey -- Race / Cassander L. Smith -- Print culture / Jonathan Beecher Field -- Ritual / Matthew P. Brown -- Manuscript culture / Meredith Marie Neuman -- Environment / Timothy Sweet -- Science / Ralph Bauer -- Millennialism / Christopher Trigg -- Postsecularism / Bryce Traister -- Afterword: The Puritan imaginary and the Puritans' world / Abram Van Engen

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