Texts written by Puritans, Most important writers and their texts-opracowanie

Texts written by Puritans:
Sermons-most of God, least of man. Most of them were printed and read at home.
Diaries-aiming at self-improvement, self-examination chronicle of day to day records without adding any comments.
Journals
Histories
Autobiographies-concentrating on problems of spiritual life.
Narratives of captivity - dealt with real or imaginary captures.
Chronicles-expressed experience with building new country
Meditations
Accounts of explorations
Most important writers and their texts:
William Bradford (1590-1657) “Of Plymouth Plantation” (1620)
John Winthrop (1587-1649) - a clergyman
“The Journal” - published in 1790, and later in the 19th century as “The History of New England”
“A Model of Christian Charity” (1630)
“City upon a Hill” - a sermon
Roger Williams (1603-1683)
Questioned a number of Puritan rules (he came to America in 1631)
The first one to introduce the idea of separation of State and church. He founded Rhode Island.
Wrote “A Key Into the Language of America” (1643) based on his studies in Indian languages.
Cotton Mather (1663-1728) “Magnalia Christi Americana” (1702)
Mary Rowlandson (1637-1711) “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson”
... zobacz całą notatkę