| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 144 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The Devil's Mousetrap approaches the thought of three colonial New England divines-Increase Mather, Jonathan Edwards, and Edward Taylor-from the perspective of literary theory. Author Linda Munk focuses on the background of these men's ideas and on the sources from which they drew, both directly and indirectly, in framing their theology. She notes that the language used in the pulpit by Mather, Edwards, and Taylor is full of allusions to the Bible and Apocrypha, to Puritan treatises, and to post-biblical exegesis, Jewish and Christian. Munk proceeds to elucidate many allusions that have, for the most part, proved to be unclear to contemporary readers, in order to provide essential insights into the construction of Puritan theology. |
| Contents |
The devil's mousetrap -- Jonathan Edwards and the Angel of the Lord : A history of the work of redemption -- The age of Messiah : Increase Mather and the conversion of the Jews -- Edward Taylor and the Feast of Tabernacles. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Taylor, Edward, 1642-1729 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Taylor, Edward, 1642-1729. |
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Mather, Increase, 1639-1723 -- Writing skill.
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Mather, Increase, 1639-1723. |
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Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758 -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Taylor, Edward, 1642-1729 -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Mather, Increase, 1639-1723 -- Literary art. |
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Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758. |
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Taylor, Edward, 1642-1729. |
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Mather, Increase, 1639-1723. |
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Christian literature, American -- Puritan authors -- History and criticism.
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Christian literature, American -- Puritan authors. |
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Christian literature, American. |
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American literature -- New England -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
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New England. |
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Puritan movements in literature.
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Puritan movements in literature. |
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Redemption in literature.
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Redemption in literature. |
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Puritans in literature.
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Puritans in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1600-1775 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Munk, Linda. Devil's mousetrap. New York : Oxford University Press, 1997 0195114949 (DLC) 96041397 (OCoLC)35305137 |
| ISBN |
058521171X (electronic book) |
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9780585211718 (electronic book) |
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1280454164 |
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9781280454165 |
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0195114949 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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9780195114942 |
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