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The Puritan Experience (Routledge Library Editions: Puritanism) - Softcover

Watkins, Owen C.

 
9780367628772: The Puritan Experience (Routledge Library Editions: Puritanism)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0367628775 ISBN 13: 9780367628772
Publisher: Routledge, 2022

Synopsis

Originally published in 1972 and based on extensive research and use of source materials including manuscripts, this book examines Puritan spiritual autobiographies written before 1725 and sets them in the context of the literary tradition out of which they grew. As well as Bunyan, Baxter and Fox, this book also discusses important works which have received less attention, notably the Confessions of Richard Norwood, the Bermudan settler. The book identifies 3 strands in the tradition: the work of the ‘orthodox’ Puritans; the prophets of the Commonwealth, and the confessions and journals of the early Quakers. The social, religious and literary factors which contributed to their development are discussed and it is shown how the self-analysis popularized by the Puritan preachers and writers contributed to the development of the novel. The book will be of particular value to those interested in 17th Century literature or religion.

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Owen C. Watkins

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367628775
ISBN 13 
9780367628772
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
282