Godly letters : the literature of the American Puritans

Publication Data

• Title Godly letters : the literature of the American Puritans
• Author Michael J. Colacurcio
• Publisher University of Notre Dame Press
• Publication date 2006
• Publication location Notre Dame, Ind.
• Language English

Contents

A costly Canaan : Morton and the margins of American literature
Advancing the gospel, dividing the church : design and vision in Bradford's Plymouth
"A strange poise of spirit" : the life and deaths of Thomas Shepard
The charter and the "model" : writing Winthrop's holy state
Doubt's venture, faith's call : Shepard's activist Calvinism
Regeneration through violence : Hooker and the morale of preparation
Primitive comfort : the spiritual witness of John Cotton
Wives and lovers : reaction and the gender of Puritanism
Marching orders : Johnson's summary syntax
Government in exile : Williams and the decay of dialogue
Epilogue: "God's altar" : the fall to poetry.

Topics

• American literature :: Puritan authors :: History and criticism
• American literature :: Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 :: History and criticism
• American literature :: New England :: History and criticism
• Christian literature, American :: History and criticism
• 013543638

Godly letters : the literature of the American Puritans by Michael J. Colacurcio. ISBN 9780268022907. Published by University of Notre Dame Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.