Typology and early American literature.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bercovitch, Sacvan
Language:English
Published: [Amherst] : University of Massachusetts Press, 1972.
Subjects:
Typology (Theology) > History of doctrines.
American literature > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > History and criticism.
Physical Description:337 pages ; 24 cm
Other Uniform Title:Early American literature.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Bercovitch, S. Introduction
  • Davis, T. M. The traditions of Puritan typology
  • Manning, S. Scriptural exegesis and the literary critic
  • Rosenmeier, J. "With my owne eyes": William Bradford's Of Plymouth plantation
  • Reinitz, R. The separatist background of Roger Williams' argument for religious toleration
  • Lowance, M. I., Jr. Cotton Mather's Magnalia and the metaphors of Biblical history
  • Reiter, Robert E. Poetry and doctrine in Edward Taylor's Preparatory meditations, series II, 1-30
  • Keller, K. "The world slickt up in types": Edward Taylor as a version of Emerson
  • Brumm, U. Edward Taylor and the poetic use of religious imagery
  • Lowance, M. I., Jr. "Images or shadows of divine things" in the thought of Jonathan Edwards
  • Bibliography (p. [245]-337)