Edward Taylor's Gods determinations and preparatory meditations : a critical edition / edited and with an introduction by Daniel Patterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patterson, Daniel, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian poetry, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (583 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Gods determinations and preparatory meditations

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The new standard edition of Edward Taylor's major works of poetry Daniel Patterson's Edward Taylor's Gods Determinations and Preparatory Meditations: A Critical Edition reconsiders the texts of Taylor's two major works for the first time since Donald Stanford's 1960 edition. This volume also offers the first complete text of all of the Meditations that Taylor transcribed into his "Poetical Works" manuscript. The restoration of Taylor's text, however, is the most enduring value of this edition, which is designed to become the new standard edition of these poems.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Editorial Principles and Procedures""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction: An Overview of Edward Taylor's Life and Work""; ""Gods Determinations""; ""Prologue""; ""Preparatory Meditations, First Series""; ""Preparatory Meditations, Second Series""; ""Glossary""; ""Textual Notes""; ""Emendations""; ""Variants""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 04, 2013).

Contains:

Taylor, Edward, 1642-1729. Preparatory meditations.

Preparatory meditations.

ISBN:

1-61277-341-9