American Puritan writers helped to transform and glorify religion and God in their writings, but they also reflected the needs and desires of the reading public. Read from the famous American Puritans: Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, Mary Rowlandson, William Bradford, and others. Discover Puritan literature in the New World--with these collections.
1. Puritans in the New World: A Critical Anthology
by David D. Hall (Editor). Princeton University Press. "Puritans in the New World" collects the works from outcasts like Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson, along with the popular works of Mary Rowlandson, Anne Bradstreet, and William Bradford. Learn what it was to be a Puritan in the New World.
2. Writing New England
by Andrew Delbanco (Editor). Harvard University Press. "Writing New England" starts with the crossing of the Atlantic of the Puritans. They were in search of a New World. This anthology includes works by John Winthrop and Anne Bradstreet.3. Design in Puritan American Literature
by William J. Scheick. University Press of Kentucky. From the publisher: "Puritan American writers faced a dilemma: they had an obligation to use language as a celebration of divine artistry, but they could not allow their writing to become an iconic graven image of authorial self-idolatry. In this study William Scheick explores one way in which William Bradford, Nathaniel Ward, Anne Bradstreet, Urian Oakes, Edward Taylor, and Jonathan Edwards mediated these conflicting imperatives."4. Studies in Puritan American Spirituality
by Michael Schuldiner (Editor). Edwin Mellen Press. This collection explores a variety of topics in Puritan literature, from Bradstreet's "The Tenth Muse" and "Several Poems," to Taylor's "Preparatory Meditations" and Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown."