Puritans in the New World : : A Critical Anthology / / ed. by David D. Hall.

• HerausgeberIn: Hall, David D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (392 p.) :; 2 halftones.

Puritans in the New World tells the story of the powerful yet turbulent culture of the English people who embarked on an "errand into the wilderness." It presents the Puritans in their own words, shedding light on the lives both of great dissenters such as Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson and of the orthodox leaders who contended against them. Classics of Puritan expression, like Mary Rowlandson's captivity narrative, Anne Bradstreet's poetry, and William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation appear alongside texts that are less well known but no less important: confessions of religious experience by lay people, the "diabolical" possession of a young woman, and the testimony of Native Americans who accept Christianity. Hall's chapter introductions provide a running history of Puritanism in seventeenth-century New England and alert readers to important scholarship. Above all, this is a collection of texts that vividly illuminates the experience of being a Puritan in the New World. The book will be welcomed by all those who are interested in early American literature, religion, and history.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Permissions -- PART I From the Old World to the New -- From the Old World to the New -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- PART II Theology in New England: The Plight of Sinners and the Stages of Redemption -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- PART III Patterns of Piety and Devotion -- Patterns of Piety and Devotion -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- PART IV The Good Society -- Chapter 14 -- Chapter 15 -- Chapter 16 -- Chapter 17 -- Chapter 18 -- Chapter 19 -- PART V Dissenters -- Chapter 20 -- Chapter 21 -- Chapter 22 -- PART VI Encountering the Native Americans -- Encountering the Native Americans -- Chapter 23 -- Chapter 24 -- Chapter 25 -- Chapter 26 -- PART VII Errand into the Wilderness -- Errand into the Wilderness -- Chapter 27 -- Chapter 28 -- Chapter 29 -- Chapter 30 -- Bibliographical Note, and Works Cited -- Index