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  1. An investigation of the seventeenth- to nineteenth-century puritan vernacular tradition
    to please God or to not please God
    Erschienen: [2020]; ©2020
    Verlag:  Lexington Books, Lanham

    Shakespeare asked, "To be, or not to be?" Likewise, the author of this work asks a similar question of Puritan authors: "To please nor not to please God?" The Puritans eternal struggle is embodied by this singular phrase that the Puritans used in an... mehr

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    Shakespeare asked, "To be, or not to be?" Likewise, the author of this work asks a similar question of Puritan authors: "To please nor not to please God?" The Puritans eternal struggle is embodied by this singular phrase that the Puritans used in an attempt to decipher the rectitude of their own actions. Cover -- An Investigation of the Seventeenth- to Nineteenth-Century Puritan Vernacular Tradition -- An Investigation ofthe Seventeenth- toNineteenth-CenturyPuritan VernacularTraditionTo Please God or to NotPlease God -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- THE LAYOUT -- The Puritan Myth -- The "Lingo" -- Righteous Anger -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- The Puritan Vernacular as a Means of Establishing Permanency in the New World -- Apocalypse Now, or Apocalypse Later? -- If You Can't Please God, Please Yourself -- The New World Puritan Myth: Creation or Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? -- The Puritan Style and Its American Incarnation -- Cross-Cultural Factors -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 2 -- "It Pleased God" -- Mocking Religion versus Mocking Society -- God's Blessings and His Pleasure: One and the Same? -- It (Continued to) Please God: Robinson Crusoe's Function as a Journal -- Cataloging God's Grace -- Crusoe as the God That Must Be Pleased -- Religion's Contribution to Social Engineering -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3 -- Benjamin Franklin -- "I Am the Great Projector" -- All about the Benjamin -- The Virtues of a Virtuoso -- Appearances for Appearance's Sake -- The Bible According to Ben -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4 -- The Puritan Frame of Mind -- Third-Person Narrative or Autobiographical Commentary? -- The Framer Goes Outside the Frame -- Notes -- So, Is God Pleased? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

     

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  2. An investigation of the seventeenth- to nineteenth-century Puritan vernacular tradition
    to please God or to not please God
    Erschienen: [2020]
    Verlag:  Lexington Books, Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London

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    Schlagworte: Puritanismus; Geistesleben; Amerikanisches Englisch; Religion; Literatur
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  3. <<An>> investigation of the seventeenth- to nineteenth-century Puritan vernacular tradition
    to please God or to not please God
    Autor*in: Root, Douglas T
    Erschienen: [2020]
    Verlag:  Lexington Books, New York

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    Schlagworte: Neuengland; Puritanismus; Amerikanisches Englisch; Literatur; Religion; Geistesleben; Geschichte 1600-1775
    Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 190 Seiten), Illustrationen