English 3
Mr. Kummerow
Encounters and Foundations to 1800
Puritan Notes
The Puritan Legacy
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Puritan Beliefs: Sinners All?
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Puritan Politics: Government by Contrast
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The Bible in America
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Characteristics of Puritan Writing
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Question: Who were the Puritans, and what were their beliefs about human
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English 3
Mr. Kummerow
Puritan Literature
 The Puritans
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 A Plain style of writing
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 Anne Bradstreet
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 Jonathan Edwards
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o Part of 2 ages
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English 3
Mr. Kummerow
Puritan Literature
 The Puritans believed that woman
o Created as man’s Helpmate and Subordinate.
o A Good Wife = Compliant and Self-Effacing.
 A Plain style of writing
o Stresses Simplicity and Clarity of Expression
 Considered Simple and Direct
o Uncomplicated sentences
o Use of everyday words from common speech
 Anne Bradstreet
o An immigrant teenage bride
o Surprising that poetry was published due to Puritan ideals
o Began the history of American poetry
 Jonathan Edwards
o A Preacher
o Father of 11
o Had a deep spiritual vision of a universe filled with the presence of
God
o Part of 2 ages
 Modern secular world of Science and Reason
 Religious world of the Puritans