A Reading of Edward Taylor

by Thomas M. Davis

This work examines the subtle changes in Taylor's attitudes toward the nature and purpose of his poetry, particularly in Series 1 of the Preparatory Meditations. Davis argues that Gods Determinations is the poem in which Taylor becomes a poet. The early poems in Series 1 exhibit an exuberance and joy prompted by Taylor's attempts to praise God. However, the death of Taylor's wife and his sense of sin and partial estrangement from God...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611491584
• ISBN13: 9781611491586
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• Length: 245 Pages