A Cotton Mather Reader

Cotton Mather

ISBN 10: 0300260180 / ISBN 13: 9780300260182

Published by Yale University Press, US, 2022

About this Item

An authoritative selection of the writings of one of the most important early American writers  "A brilliant collection that reveals the extraordinary range of Cotton Mather's interests and contributions-by far the best introduction to the mind of the Puritan divine."-Francis J. Bremer, author of Lay Empowerment and the Development of Puritanism   Cotton Mather (1663-1728) has a wide presence in American culture, and longtime scholarly interest in him is increasing as more of his previously unpublished writings are made available. This reader serves as an introduction to the man and to his huge body of published and unpublished works.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Cotton Mather Reader
• Publisher: Yale University Press, US
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300260180
• ISBN 13: 9780300260182
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

An authoritative selection of the writings of one of the most important early American writers
 
“A brilliant collection that reveals the extraordinary range of Cotton Mather’s interests and contributions—by far the best introduction to the mind of the Puritan divine.”—Francis J. Bremer, author of Lay Empowerment and the Development of Puritanism
 
Cotton Mather (1663–1728) has a wide presence in American culture, and longtime scholarly interest in him is increasing as more of his previously unpublished writings are made available. This reader serves as an introduction to the man and to his huge body of published and unpublished works.
 

About the Author

Reiner Smolinski is professor of English at Georgia State University and general editor of Cotton Mather’s Biblia Americana. Kenneth P. Minkema is editor of The Works of Jonathan Edwards and director of the Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University.