The Language of Canaan : : Metaphor and Symbol in New England from the Puritans to the Transcendentalists / / Mason I. Lowance, Jr.
This is a study of New England figurative language from 1600 to 1850, from the English and Continental origins of Puritanism to the symbolic writings of Thoreau. It enriches our understanding of Puritan thought and expression and traces the influence of Puritanism on later American writing. A common...
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Lowance, Jr., Mason I., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Language of Canaan : Metaphor and Symbol in New England from the Puritans to the Transcendentalists / Mason I. Lowance, Jr. Reprint 2014 Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013] ©1980 1 online resource (335 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- I. The Beginnings of Figural Expression -- 1. MEDIEVAL AND REFORMATION BACKGROUNDS -- 2. THE PURITAN FIGURAL IMAGINATION AND THE LANGUAGE OF CANAAN -- 3. THE CANTICLES TRADITION -- II. Figuralism in Late Seventeenth Century New England -- 4. SAMUEL MATHER: FIGURES, TYPES, AND ALLEGORIES -- 5. TAYLOR'S MEDITATIONS AND SERMONS AND THE PERSONALIZING OF THE BIBLICAL FIGURES -- III. Recapitulative Typology and Eschatology -- 6. THE SHAPING OF THE FUTURE: ESCHATOLOGICAL SYMBOLISM IN OLD AND NEW ENGLAND DURING THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY -- 7. COTTON MATHER'S MAGNALIA CHRISTI AMERICANA, "BIBLIA AMERICANA," AND THE METAPHORS OF BIBLICAL HISTORY -- 8. JONATHAN EDWARDS AND THE GREAT AWAKENING -- 9. JOEL BARLOW AND THE RISING GLORY OF AMERICA -- IV. Epistemology and the Biblical Symbol from the Great Awakening to the American Renaissance -- 10. JONATHAN EDWARDS AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD -- 11. FROM EDWARDS TO EMERSON AND THOREAU: A REVALUATION -- NOTES -- INDEX restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star This is a study of New England figurative language from 1600 to 1850, from the English and Continental origins of Puritanism to the symbolic writings of Thoreau. It enriches our understanding of Puritan thought and expression and traces the influence of Puritanism on later American writing. A common link among the writers of this period was a system of prophetic symbolism derived from Scripture. The Bible was the source of figures and types used to illustrate divine guidance in human affairs, and its prophetic language provided the Puritans with a method for explaining and projecting the course of history. Lowance explores these modes of prophetic and metaphorical expression and the millennial impulse in American thinking. In the process he provides a cohesive approach to such diverse writers as Bradford, Cotton, Taylor, Increase and Cotton Mather, Edwards, Freneau, Barlow, Dwight, and Emerson. His book will be welcomed by all students of early American thought and literature. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021) At sign. Christentum. Englische Literatur Amerikas. Literatur. Metapher. Puritanisme. Puritanismus. Religieuze taal. Symbol. Transcendentalism (New England). LITERARY CRITICISM / General. RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Language Study. LITERARY CRITICISM / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package 9783110353488 ZDB-23-HCO Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Literature eBook Package 9783110353501 ZDB-23-HLI Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999 9783110442212 print 9780674431133 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674431140 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674431140 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674431140.jpg |
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The Language of Canaan : Metaphor and Symbol in New England from the Puritans to the Transcendentalists / |
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Metaphor and Symbol in New England from the Puritans to the Transcendentalists / |
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The Language of Canaan : Metaphor and Symbol in New England from the Puritans to the Transcendentalists / Mason I. Lowance, Jr. |
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- I. The Beginnings of Figural Expression -- 1. MEDIEVAL AND REFORMATION BACKGROUNDS -- 2. THE PURITAN FIGURAL IMAGINATION AND THE LANGUAGE OF CANAAN -- 3. THE CANTICLES TRADITION -- II. Figuralism in Late Seventeenth Century New England -- 4. SAMUEL MATHER: FIGURES, TYPES, AND ALLEGORIES -- 5. TAYLOR'S MEDITATIONS AND SERMONS AND THE PERSONALIZING OF THE BIBLICAL FIGURES -- III. Recapitulative Typology and Eschatology -- 6. THE SHAPING OF THE FUTURE: ESCHATOLOGICAL SYMBOLISM IN OLD AND NEW ENGLAND DURING THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY -- 7. COTTON MATHER'S MAGNALIA CHRISTI AMERICANA, "BIBLIA AMERICANA," AND THE METAPHORS OF BIBLICAL HISTORY -- 8. JONATHAN EDWARDS AND THE GREAT AWAKENING -- 9. JOEL BARLOW AND THE RISING GLORY OF AMERICA -- IV. Epistemology and the Biblical Symbol from the Great Awakening to the American Renaissance -- 10. JONATHAN EDWARDS AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD -- 11. FROM EDWARDS TO EMERSON AND THOREAU: A REVALUATION -- NOTES -- INDEX |
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