The Language of Canaan : : Metaphor and Symbol in New England from the Puritans to the Transcendentalists / / Mason I. Lowance, Jr.

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• VerfasserIn: Lowance, Jr., Mason I.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1980
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (335 p.)

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...

Table of Contents

• 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