American Literature, 1607-1865 (Lance): Week Two

American Literature 1 (taught by Instructor Lance)

Religious Thinkers and New England's Poets

This week's selections of readings from religious thinkers and New England poets.

"The Trial of Bridget Bishop" (read pgs. 65-70)
Cotton Mather (1663-1728)
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)
The Day of Doom
Michael Wigglesworth (1631-1705)
"In reference to her Children"
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)
"To my Dear and loving Husband"
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)
"Verses upon the burning of her house, July 10, 1666"
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)
"The Flesh and the Spirit"
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)