Design in Puritan American Literature

By William J. Scheick

Book Overview

Puritan American writers faced a dilemma: they had an obligation to use language as a celebration of divine artistry, but they could not allow their writing to become an iconic graven image of authorial self-idolatry. In this study William Scheick explores one way in which William Bradford, Nathaniel Ward, Anne Bradstreet, Urian Oakes, Edward Taylor, and Jonathan Edwards mediated these conflicting imperatives. They did so, he argues, by creating moments in their works when they and their audienc

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813154243
• ISBN13: 9780813154244
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher