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The devil's mousetrap : redemption and colonial American literature
- Author / Creator
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- Online
- Summary
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This study approaches the thought of three colonial New England divines - Increase Mather, Jonathan Edwards, and Edward Taylor - from the perspective of literary criticism.
Details
- Creator
- Linda Munk
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (159 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9780197741443, 0197741444, 9781280454165, 1280454164, 9780195354119, 0195354117, 9780585211718, 058521171X, 0195114949
- OCLC
- ocn476013080, ocn466428420, on1406781608
- Previously issued in print: 1997.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Contents; ONE: The Devil's Mousetrap; TWO: Jonathan Edwards and the Angel of the Lord: A History of the Work of Redemption; THREE: The Age of Messiah: Increase Mather and the Conversion of the Jews; FOUR: Edward Taylor and the Feast of Tabernacles; Afterword; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Subjects
- American literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism.
- Christian literature, American -- History and criticism.
- Redemption in literature.
- Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758 -- History and criticism.
- Taylor, Edward, 1642-1729 -- History and criticism.
- Mathers, Increase -- History and criticism.