American Literature through Time

To find out more about a particular literature time period, click a link in the table below .

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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Q&A: Question: (8/26/2010) WHAT WAS THEIR VIEW OF GOD Answer: (8/29/2010) Puritans feared and revered god, and were psychotic about taking the Bible seriously. Question: (5/19/2010) Why was their contributions valueable to the development of nation? Question: (5/19/2010) what do errand into the wilderness be a city upon a hill christian utopia mean? Answer: (5/19/2010) "A city upon a hill" and and "Christian Utopia" is just saying that the Puritan people we're striving to be as perfect and as close to God in every aspect. utopia just means a perfect place. (that is obviously non-existant in our world) The Puritans believed they were perfect people Question: (1/14/2010) who are two authors during this time Answer: (5/17/2010) hawthorne edwards Question: (10/27/2009) what was the music like back than Answer: (8/16/2010) none reall at all Answer: (5/19/2010) They did not listen to music much at all if any. Question: (9/25/2009) identify and define four genres of puritian lit? Answer: (10/15/2009) sermons, diaries, personal narratives, captivity narratives Answer: (9/27/2009) sermons, diaries personal narratives captivity narratives jeremiads written in plain style Question: (8/29/2009) what are some examples of puritan authors ? Answer: (5/19/2010) The actual Puritans really did not write much, mostly sermons and the Bible was read. No literature of leisure was "allowed" during this time. Answer: (1/18/2010) william bradford and ben franklin Answer: (10/11/2009) Anne Bradstreet, John Winthrop, Cotton Mather, Increase Mather Answer: (10/9/2009) Anne Bradstreet, Johnathan Edwards Question: (6/27/2009) who were the authors and what were they're masterpieces in the puritan age? Answer: (1/13/2010) "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is set during the Puritan time period but it was actually written in the Romantisicm time period. Answer: (1/4/2010) "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne Answer: (10/17/2009) one well known piece is "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Johnathan Edwards Question: (5/28/2009) what event took place in 1954? Answer: (12/4/2009) brown v. board Answer: (10/15/2009) The Great Awakening		Comments: Val Paca (1/13/2010) "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne was not actually written in during the Puritan times. The book was set in Puritan times but the Hawthorne wrote it during the Romantisicm time period. jevis Ndemazie (5/16/2009) How did the The Age of Enlightenment orchestrated the birth of American literature?