The Poems of Michael Wigglesworth

by Michael Wigglesworth and Ronald A. Bosco

Known principally for his ballad of judgement day, The Day of Doom, Michael Wigglesworth actually produced more than seventy additional poems during pre-Revolutionary America. This collection presents all of Wigglesworth's known poems and is prefaced by extensive introductory essays on his reputation and on the historical and theological contexts in which he wrote. Given the emphasis today in early-American studies on revisionism, this edition...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819173452
• ISBN13: 9780819173454
• Release Date: March 1989
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"