An Investigation of the seventeenth- to nineteenth-century Puritan vernacular tradition : to please or to not please God /

"Shakespeare asked, "To be, or not to be?" Likewise, the author of this work asks a similar question of Puritan authors: "To please nor not to please God?" The Puritans eternal struggle is embodied by this singular phrase that the Puritans used in an attempt to decipher the...

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Main Author:	Root, Douglas T. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2020]
Subjects:	American literature > Puritan authors > History and criticism. American literature > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > History and criticism. Puritans > New England > Intellectual life. Christianity and literature > United States > History. Puritans in literature. American literature > Colonial period. American literature > Puritan authors. Christianity and literature. Puritans > Intellectual life. New England. United States. 1600-1775 Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.

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Summary:	"Shakespeare asked, "To be, or not to be?" Likewise, the author of this work asks a similar question of Puritan authors: "To please nor not to please God?" The Puritans eternal struggle is embodied by this singular phrase that the Puritans used in an attempt to decipher the rectitude of their own actions"--
Physical Description:	x, 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781498561662 1498561667