The whole destiny of America is contained in the first Puritans who landed on these shores, wrote de Tocqueville. These newcomers, and the range of their intellectual achievements and failures, are vividly depicted in The Puritans in America. Exiled from England, the Puritans settled in what Cromwell called “a poor, cold, and useless” place―where they created a body of ideas and aspirations that were essential in the shaping of American religion, politics, and culture. In a felicitous blend of documents and narrative Alan Heimert and Andrew Delbanco recapture the sweep and restless change of Puritan thought from its incipient Americanism through its dominance in New England society to its fragmentation in the face of dissent from within and without. A general introduction sketches the Puritan environment, and shorter introductions open each of the six sections of the collection. Thirty-eight writers are included―among these Cotton, Bradford, Bradstreet, Winthrop, Rowlandson, Taylor, and the Mathers―as well as the testimony of Anne Hutchinson and documents illustrating the witchcraft crisis. The works, several of which are published here for the first time since the seventeenth century, are presented in modern spelling and punctuation. Despite numerous scholarly probings, Puritanism remains resistant to categories, whether those of Perry Miller, Max Weber, or Christopher Hill. This new anthology―the first major interpretive collection in nearly fifty years―reveals the beauty and power of Puritan literature as it emerged from the pursuit of self-knowledge in the New World.ISBN : 9780674740662

Andrew Delbanco, Alan Heimert, Alan HEIMERT

edited by Alan Heimert and Andrew Delbanco

Unbekannt

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press

First Edition, First Printing, PS, 1985

United States, United States of America

Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts, 1985

Cambridge, Mass, 1996, ©1985

April 5, 2005

Bibliography: p. 415-432.
Includes index.

Introduction -- 1: Loomings. The Soul's Preparation For Christ (c. 1626) / Thomas Hooker ; Christ The Fountain Of Life (c. 1628) / John Cotton ; The Sound Believer (c. 1633) / Thomas Shepard ; 2: The Migration. Plymouth. Reasons And Considerations Touching The Lawfulness Of Removing Out Of England Into The Parts Of America (1622) / Robert Cushman ; Mourt's Relation (1622) / G. Mourt ; New English Canaan (1634-1635) / Thomas Morton ; Of Plymouth Plantation (1630-1650) / William Bradford -- Massachusetts Bay. Conscience With The Power And Cases Thereof (c. 1630) / William Ames ; The Danger Of Desertion (1631) / Thomas Hooker ; Reasons To Be Considered For ... The Intended Plantation In New England (1629) / John Winthrop ; God's Promise To His Plantations (1630) / John Cotton ; A Model Of Christian Charity (1630) / John Winthrop ; Letter From New England (1634) / John Cotton ; Journal (1642) / John Winthrop ; New England's Tears For Old England's Fears (1640) / William Hooke ; Foreword To John Norton, The Answer (1648) / John Cotton ; Wonder-working Providence Of Sion's Savior In New England (c. 1650) / Edward Johnson ; The Gospel-covenant (c. 1639-1640) / Peter Bulkeley -- 3: City On A Hill. The First American Poetry. Upon The First Sight Of New England (1638) / Thomas Tillam ; Poems And Prose (c. 1635-1670) / Anne Bradstreet -- The Antinomian Crisis. A Treatise Of The Covenant Of Grace (c. 1636) / John Cotton ; The Examination Of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson (1637) / Anne Hutchinson ; A Defense Of An Order Of Court (1637) / John Winthrop ; A Brief Answer (1637) / Henry Vane ; The Parable Of The Ten Virgins (1636-1640) / Thomas Shepard ; The Application Of Redemption (c. 1640) / Thomas Hooker -- The Specter Of Toleration. The Simple Cobbler Of Aggawam (c. 1646) / Nathaniel Ward -- Business In The Bible Commonwealth. Last Will And Testament (1653) / Robert Keayne -- 4: O New England! The Cotton-williams Debate. The Bloody Tenent Of Persecution (1643) / Roger Williams ; The Bloody Tenent, Washed And Made White In The Blood Of The Lamb (1646) / John Cotton ; Experiments Of Spiritual Life And Health (c. 1650) / Roger Williams -- The Passing Of The Fathers. Abel Being Dead Yet Speaketh (c. 1655) / John Norton -- New England Alone. The Saint's Anchor-hold (1661) / John Davenport ; Election Sermon : Sion The Outcast Healed Of Her Wounds (1661) / John Norton -- The Jeremiad. God's Controversy With New England (1662) / Michael Wigglesworth ; The Mystery Of Israel's Salvation (1667) / Increase Mather ; Eye-salve (1672) / Thomas Shepard, Jr. -- The Revival Of Piety. Narrative Of Captivity And Restoration (c. 1677) / Mary Rowlandson ; The Safety Of Appearing At The Day Of Judgment (c. 1685) / Solomon Stoddard -- 5. Coming Of Age. The Faith Once Delivered To The Saints. Diary (1675-1727) / Samuel Sewall ; Phaenomena Quaedam Apocalyptica (1697) / Samuel Sewall ; Poems (c. 1680-1725) / Edward Taylor ; Magnalia Christi Americana (1693-1702) / Cotton Mather ; Reserved Memorials (1681-1724) / Cotton Mather ; Agricola (c. 1725) / Cotton Mather -- Witchcraft. The Wonders Of The Invisible World (1692) / Cotton Mather ; Examination Of Susanna Martin (1692) / Susanna Martin ; Petition Of Mary Easty (1692) / Mary Easty ; More Wonders Of The Invisible World (1697) / Robert Calef -- Politics And Society. Will And Doom (1692) / Gershom Bulkeley ; A Vindication Of The Government Of New England Churches (1717) / John Wise ; A Defense Of The New England Charters (1715) / Jeremiah Dummer -- A New Style. Practical Discourses On The Parable Of The Ten Virgins (c. 1705) / Benjamin Colman -- 6. The Dispersion Of The New England Way. The History Of The Kingdom Of Basaruah Ii (1715) / Joseph Morgan ; An Examination Of The Power Of The Fraternity (c. 1715) / Solomon Stoddard ; My Present Thoughts Of Episcopacy (1719, 1722) / Samuel Johnson ; Dogood Paper No. 4 : On The Higher Learning (1722) / Benjamin Franklin ; Preface To Roger Wolcott, Poetical Meditations (1725) / John Bulkeley -- Afterword. Edited By Alan Heimert And Andrew Delbanco. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 415-432.

Annotation The whole destiny of America is contained in the first Puritans who landed on these shores, wrote Tocqueville. These newcomers, and the range of their intellectual achievements and failures, are vividly depicted in The Puritans in America . Exiled from England, the Puritans settled in what Cromwell called "a poor, cold, and useless" place--where they created a body of ideas and aspirations that were essential in the shaping of American religion, politics, and culture. In a felicitous blend of documents and narrative Alan Heimert and Andrew Delbanco recapture the sweep and restless change of Puritan thought from its incipient Americanism through its dominance in New England society to its fragmentation in the face of dissent from within and without. A general introduction sketches the Puritan environment, and shorter introductions open each of the six sections of the collection. Thirty-eight writers are included--among these Cotton, Bradford, Bradstreet, Winthrop, Rowlandson, Taylor, and the Mathers--well as the testimony of Anne Hutchinson and documents illustrating the witchcraft crisis. The works, several of which are published here for the first time since the seventeenth century, are presented in modern spelling and punctuation. Despite numerous scholarly probings, Puritanism remains resistant to categories, whether those of Perry Miller, Max Weber, or Christopher Hill. This new anthology--the first major interpretive collection in nearly fifty years--reveals the beauty and power of Puritan literature as it emerged from the pursuit of self-knowledge in the New World

Uses writings by Puritan authors, testimony from witchcraft trials, and selections from diaries to document Puritan attitudes toward religion, politics and culture

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