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• catalog abstract "Sinful Self, Saintly Self is a comprehensive study of early New England verse in light of Puritan notions regarding the nature and uses of poetry. Through a new historical reading of three major Puritan poets - Michael Wigglesworth, Anne Bradstreet, and Edward Taylor - Jeffrey Hammond reconstructs this aesthetic framework using Puritan theology, artistic and exegetical traditions deriving from the Bible, and Puritan assumptions about the psychology of the saved soul. Despite the current resurgence of interest in early American literature, Puritan poetry remains only dimly understood and appreciated. With the exception of Edward Taylor's Preparatory Meditations and Anne Bradstreet's personal lyrics, it is often viewed as a poetry of gloom and doctrine rather than of affirmation and inspiration. In reconstructing the Puritan experience of poetry, Hammond argues that this widespread view reflects a persistent tendency to approach these poems from a modern perspective. The contemporary critical bias against didactic and conventional writing has made Bradstreet and Taylor seem to be the only Puritan poets worth reading. The most popular poet of the era, Michael Wigglesworth, author of the infamous Day of Doom, remains virtually ignored because of this bias. Moreover, Bradstreet and Taylor are often interpreted and assessed in terms of the poetic preferences of the modern reader. Hammond contends that by understanding how Puritans felt when they wrote and read verse, modern readers can appreciate these writings on their own terms. "There was a Puritan way of reading," he maintains, "and it was not like ours. ... Puritans were not merely content with their poetry but seem to have delighted in its didacticism and conventionality - the very qualities that distance the texts from us." Sinful Self, Saintly Self provides an important corrective to anachronistic interpretations and allows contemporary readers to confront the "otherness" of Puritan poetry. By historicizing the experience of seventeenth-century New England verse, Hammond argues for the interpretation of older writings in their cultural and psychological contexts.".
• catalog contributor b4188175.
• catalog created "c1993.".
• catalog date "1993".
• catalog date "c1993.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
• catalog description "1. The forgotten Pilgrim : Biblical reading and the Puritan experience of poetry -- 2. "By ladders of your own" : eschatology and the selflessness of reading -- 3. "A sinful self ... remaining in my heart" : riddles of comfort for the saintly self -- 4. "Setting up my Ebenezer" : Anne Bradstreet and the examined self -- 5. "Hidden manna that the world knows not" : the Pilgrim's inner life -- 6. "Make use of what I leave in love" : the saintly self on trial -- 7. Apostle to a naked Christ : Gods determinations for Pilgrim readers -- 8. "Both wayes born" : Edward Taylor as weary Pilgrim -- 9. "The crumb of dust" : Pilgrim voice and Christic reader in the Preparatory meditations -- 10. "In sacred text I write" : the Taylorian self as the Word.".
• catalog description "By historicizing the experience of seventeenth-century New England verse, Hammond argues for the interpretation of older writings in their cultural and psychological contexts.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-296) and index.".
• catalog description "Sinful Self, Saintly Self is a comprehensive study of early New England verse in light of Puritan notions regarding the nature and uses of poetry. Through a new historical reading of three major Puritan poets - Michael Wigglesworth, Anne Bradstreet, and Edward Taylor - Jeffrey Hammond reconstructs this aesthetic framework using Puritan theology, artistic and exegetical traditions deriving from the Bible, and Puritan assumptions about the psychology of the saved soul. Despite the current resurgence of interest in early American literature, Puritan poetry remains only dimly understood and appreciated. With the exception of Edward Taylor's Preparatory Meditations and Anne Bradstreet's personal lyrics, it is often viewed as a poetry of gloom and doctrine rather than of affirmation and inspiration. In reconstructing the Puritan experience of poetry, Hammond argues that this widespread view reflects a persistent tendency to approach these poems from a modern perspective. ".
• catalog description "The contemporary critical bias against didactic and conventional writing has made Bradstreet and Taylor seem to be the only Puritan poets worth reading. The most popular poet of the era, Michael Wigglesworth, author of the infamous Day of Doom, remains virtually ignored because of this bias. Moreover, Bradstreet and Taylor are often interpreted and assessed in terms of the poetic preferences of the modern reader. Hammond contends that by understanding how Puritans felt when they wrote and read verse, modern readers can appreciate these writings on their own terms. "There was a Puritan way of reading," he maintains, "and it was not like ours. ... Puritans were not merely content with their poetry but seem to have delighted in its didacticism and conventionality - the very qualities that distance the texts from us." Sinful Self, Saintly Self provides an important corrective to anachronistic interpretations and allows contemporary readers to confront the "otherness" of Puritan poetry. ".
• catalog extent "xiv, 305 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0820315001 (alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "1993".
• catalog issued "c1993.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Athens : University of Georgia Press,".
• catalog spatial "New England".
• catalog subject "811/.109 20".
• catalog subject "American poetry Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775 History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "American poetry Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "American poetry New England History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "American poetry Puritan authors History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "Bradstreet, Anne, 1612?-1672 Criticism and interpretation.".
• catalog subject "Christian poetry, American History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "PS312 .H36 1993".
• catalog subject "Poetry Psychological aspects.".
• catalog subject "Puritans New England Intellectual life.".
• catalog subject "Puritans in literature.".
• catalog subject "Self in literature.".
• catalog subject "Taylor, Edward, 1642-1729 Criticism and interpretation.".
• catalog subject "Wigglesworth, Michael, 1631-1705 Criticism and interpretation.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. The forgotten Pilgrim : Biblical reading and the Puritan experience of poetry -- 2. "By ladders of your own" : eschatology and the selflessness of reading -- 3. "A sinful self ... remaining in my heart" : riddles of comfort for the saintly self -- 4. "Setting up my Ebenezer" : Anne Bradstreet and the examined self -- 5. "Hidden manna that the world knows not" : the Pilgrim's inner life -- 6. "Make use of what I leave in love" : the saintly self on trial -- 7. Apostle to a naked Christ : Gods determinations for Pilgrim readers -- 8. "Both wayes born" : Edward Taylor as weary Pilgrim -- 9. "The crumb of dust" : Pilgrim voice and Christic reader in the Preparatory meditations -- 10. "In sacred text I write" : the Taylorian self as the Word.".
• catalog title "Sinful self, saintly self : the Puritan experience of poetry / Jeffrey A. Hammond.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "text".