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An Investigation of the Seventeenth- to Nineteenth-Century Puritan Vernacular Tradition
| Author | : Douglas T. Root |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 201 |
| Release | : 2020-07-15 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1498561675 |
An Investigation of the 16th-18th Century Puritan Vernacular Tradition argues that Puritan writers, specifically from the 17th to the 19th century, developed a collective vernacular which was intended to—in the words of John Milton—"justify the ways of God to man." However, their phrases (much like the Puritans themselves) never achieved a sufficient level of uniformity. As a result, their verbiage, though quite often similar, the manner in which it is used frequently differs. Puritan authors' routine suggestion that certain circumstances "pleased God" began as an attempt with which to interpret God's involvement in their day-to-day lives. However, as time passed, these interpretations became further removed from the Scripture and ultimately functioned as a way for writers to indict God when things badly or to praise him only when he showed them favor.
Transgressing the Bounds
| Author | : Louise A. Breen |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 299 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0195138007 |
This study offers a new interpretation of the Puritan "Antinomian" controversy and a skillful analysis of its wider and long term social and cultural significance. Breen argues that controversy both reflected and fostered larger questions of identity that would persist in Puritan New England during the 17th century. Some issues discussed here include the existence of individualism in a society that valued conformity and the response of members of an inward-looking, localistic culture to those among them of a more "cosmopolitan" nature. Central to Breen's study is the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, an elite social club that attracted a heterogeneous yet prominent membership, and whose diversity contrasted with the social and religious ideals of the cultural majority.
A Fearful Gentleman
| Author | : Roger Downing |
| Publisher | : Uitgeverij Verloren |
| Total Pages | : 250 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Anglo-Dutch War, 1652-1654 |
| ISBN | : 9087042515 |
Sir George Downing first served under the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell as diplomat in the Dutch Republic. Following the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 he transferred his allegiance to the new regime and was re-appointed to the post in The Hague. This period was characterized by fierce trade rivalry, which formed the background to the mid-century Anglo-Dutch wars. His defence of English commercial interests against the Dutch was crucial to his development as one of England's leading mercantilists. "A fearful gentleman" shows that both extremes of Downing's reputation stem from his experience and activities in the Republic: the odium resulting from his rounding up and delivery to their deaths of the new King's former enemies, and acknowledgement of Downing's role as administrator and reformer of English public finance, based on his observation of the more sophisticated Dutch system.
Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts
| Author | : Colonial Society of Massachusetts |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 546 |
| Release | : 1915 |
| Genre | : Local history |
| ISBN | : |
Primarily consists of: Transactions, v. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-14, 17-21, 24-28, 32, 34-35, 38, 42-43; and: Collections, v. 2, 4, 9, 15-16, 22-23, 29-31, 33, 36-37, 39-41; also includes lists of members.
Milton and the English Revolution
| Author | : Christopher Hill |
| Publisher | : Verso Books |
| Total Pages | : 561 |
| Release | : 2020-01-14 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1788736850 |
Remarkable reinterpretation of Milton and his poetry by one of the most famous historians of the 17th Century In this remarkable book Christopher Hill used the learning gathered in a lifetime's study of seventeenth-century England to carry out a major reassessment of Milton as man, politician, poet, and religious thinker. The result is a Milton very different from most popular imagination: instead of a gloomy, sexless 'Puritan', we have a dashingly original thinker, branded with the contemporary reputation of a libertine. For Hill, Milton is an author who found his real stimulus less in the literature of classical and times and more in the political and religious radicalism of his own day. Hill demonstrates, with originality, learning and insight, how Milton's political and religious predicament is reflected in his classic poetry, particularly 'Paradise Lost' and 'Samson Agonistes'.
Poetry and Allegiance in the English Civil Wars
| Author | : Nicholas McDowell |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 306 |
| Release | : 2008-11-20 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0199278008 |
This book explores the things which united, rather than divided, poets during the English Civil Wars, focusing less on conflicts between 'Cavaliers' and 'Roundheads' than on the friendships and shared literary enthusiasms of men of various political allegiance. Includes new readings of the early verse of John Milton and Andrew Marvell.
Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society
| Author | : American Antiquarian Society |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 350 |
| Release | : 1972 |
| Genre | : Electronic journals |
| ISBN | : |
CATALOGUE OF ENGLISH BOOKS, IN ALL CLASSES OF LITERATURE.
| Author | : JOHN BOHN, 17, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 832 |
| Release | : 1843 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
