American Literature through Time

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Puritan Times
1650-1750

Content:
errand into the wilderness
be a city upon a hill
Christian utopia

Genre/Style:
sermons, diaries
personal narratives
captivity narratives
jeremiads
written in plain style

Effect:
instructive
reinforces authority of the Bible and church

Historical Context:
a person's fate is determined by God
all people are corrupt and must be saved by Christ
                                                                                  

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