Puritan Legacies: Paradise Lost and the New England Tradition, 1630-1890Using "Paradise Lost" as a touchstone first to the English Revolution and second to the way that revolution was transferred to America, Stavely convincingly argues that the "structure of feeling" embodied in the poem persists through three centuries ofAmerican culture. His discussion of Puritan radicalism in New England and, more importantly, his detailed case studies of Marlborough and Westborough, Massachusetts, which he investigates and understands by constant reference to Milton's great poem, display his strong gifts as both literary critic and intellectual historian. Puritan Legacies is a challenging example of the "New Historicism" we have so long needed. |
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... Breck , the son of the Reverend Robert Breck of Marlborough , had begun ministerial work on a trial basis in Windham County , Connecti- cut , in 1733 , shortly after completing his studies at Harvard . His more experienced colleague in ...
... Breck , the son of the Reverend Robert Breck of Marlborough , had begun ministerial work on a trial basis in Windham County , Connecti- cut , in 1733 , shortly after completing his studies at Harvard . His more experienced colleague in ...
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... Breck presented himself to Thomas Clap as one of the guardians of Puritan order , imposing his richer understanding upon the mean - minded laity : " Mr. Breck said , That he would preach People out of those false and stingy Notions ...
... Breck presented himself to Thomas Clap as one of the guardians of Puritan order , imposing his richer understanding upon the mean - minded laity : " Mr. Breck said , That he would preach People out of those false and stingy Notions ...
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... Breck that if his views were correct , " it was better to be born in a heathen Country than under the Light of the ... Breck's Arminian good works upon the Calvinist ( and antinomian ) indispensability of saving grace : " I told him I ...
... Breck that if his views were correct , " it was better to be born in a heathen Country than under the Light of the ... Breck's Arminian good works upon the Calvinist ( and antinomian ) indispensability of saving grace : " I told him I ...
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Puritan Legacies: Paradise Lost and the New England Tradition, 1630-1890 Keith W. Stavely No preview available - 1990 |
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