The Devil's Mousetrap : Redemption and Colonial American Literature
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| Title: | The Devil's Mousetrap : Redemption and Colonial American Literature |
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| Description: | The Devil's Mousetrap approaches the thought of three colonial New England divines--Increase Mather, Jonathan Edwards, and Edward Taylor--from the perspective of literary theory. Author Linda Munk focuses on the background of these men's ideas and on the sources from which they drew, both directly and indirectly, in framing their theology. She notes that the language used in the pulpit by Mather, Edwards, and Taylor is full of allusions to the Bible and Apocrypha, to Puritan treatises, and to post-biblical exegesis, Jewish and Christian. Munk proceeds to unpack many allusions that have, for the most part, proven to be unclear to contemporary readers, in order to provide essential insights into the construction of Puritan theology. |
| Authors: | Linda Munk |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | American literature--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--History and criticism, Christian literature, American--Puritan authors--History and criticism, American literature--New England--History and criticism, Puritan movements in literature, Redemption in literature, Puritans in literature |
| Categories: | HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | The Devil's Mousetrap approaches the thought of three colonial New England divines--Increase Mather, Jonathan Edwards, and Edward Taylor--from the perspective of literary theory. Author Linda Munk focuses on the background of these men's ideas and on the sources from which they drew, both directly and indirectly, in framing their theology. She notes that the language used in the pulpit by Mather, Edwards, and Taylor is full of allusions to the Bible and Apocrypha, to Puritan treatises, and to post-biblical exegesis, Jewish and Christian. Munk proceeds to unpack many allusions that have, for the most part, proven to be unclear to contemporary readers, in order to provide essential insights into the construction of Puritan theology. |
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| ISBN: | 9780195114942 9780585211718 9780195354119 |
