PURITANISM

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PURITANISM

• THE BORING THE QUAINT

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THE PURITANS DO AMERICA

• PURITANS LANDED IN AMERICA AND FIRST AMASSED IN
  THE MASSACHUSSETS BAY COLONY.
• THEY WERE THEOLOGICAL IDEALISTS WHO BELIEVED THAT
  HUMANS EXISTED SOLELY TO GLORIFY GOD.
• THE BIBLE WAS THEIR GUIDEBOOK TO EVERYDAY LIFE
  (to an extreme) AND IT WAS THE SOLE EXPRESSION OF
  GODS WILL.

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PURITAN VISION

• THE PURITAN VISION WAS TO CREATE THE CITY ON THE
  HILL.
• A CHRISTIAN UTOPIA AND A MODEL CIVILIZATION THAT
  EXISTED AS GOD WOULD SEE FIT.
• THE NEW WORLD WAS TO BE THE PERFECT SETTING FOR
  THIS UNDERTAKING

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PURITANS

• PURITAN WORK ETHIC IS NOW A FIGURE OF SPEECH
  HOWEVER FOR THEM IT WAS THEIR CHRISTIAN DUTY TO
  HAVE SELF DISCIPLINE, REMAIN PURE, AND WORK
  RIGOROUSLY.
• TO BE DETERRED IN ANY WAY WAS SINFUL AND NOT
  WORTHY OF SALVATION.

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EDWARD TAYLOR an ugly man (most likely)

• Edward Taylor came to Massachusetts like most
  Puritans, in order to be a part of the city on a
  hill and live in a world modeled after Puritan
  ideals.
• He was a graduate of Harvard and accepted a
  position as physician and minister in an rural
  village called Westfield.

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Eddie T.

• Taylor led a life riddled with tragedy.
• Westfield was under constant attack from natives
  and harsh weather.
• Taylor lost his wife along with five of his eight
  children.
• His poetry was his way to grieve, as well as his
  personal way of glorifying God.

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Anne I love bonnets Bradstreet

• Bradstreet arrived in Massachusetts the for the
  same reasons as Taylor.
• She was a woman.
• In the Paternal, Puritan society this meant a
  life of servitude and quiet devotion.

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Anne Bradstreet

• The fact that she wrote poetry was very
  controversial at the time.
• For a woman, it would have been seen as frivolous
  and unbecoming.
• Women were to raise children, the extreme stay
  at home mothers.

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Anne Bradstreet

• She is considered to be the first American
  Poet.
• In 1650, John Woodbridge, her brother-in law,
  arranged for her work to be published in England.
  
• Why do you think it was more likely to be
  published in England than Puritan, Massachusetts
  Bay Colony?