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An Investigation of the seventeenth- to nineteenth-century Puritan vernacular tradition : to please or to not please God / Douglas T. Root.
Van Pelt Library PS153.P87 R66 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Root, Douglas T., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--Puritan authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--History and criticism.
- Puritans--New England--Intellectual life.
- Puritans.
- Christianity and literature.
- History.
- American literature--Puritan authors.
- New England.
- Intellectual life.
- Christianity and literature--United States--History.
- Puritans in literature.
- American literature--Colonial period.
- Puritans--Intellectual life.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2020]
- Summary:
- "Shakespeare asked, "To be, or not to be?" Likewise, the author of this work asks a similar question of Puritan authors: "To please nor not to please God?" The Puritans eternal struggle is embodied by this singular phrase that the Puritans used in an attempt to decipher the rectitude of their own actions"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Root, Douglas T., An investigation of the 16th-18th century Puritan vernacular tradition
- ISBN:
- 9781498561662
- 1498561667
- OCLC:
- 1144944924
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