English 2308E Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Puritans, American Exceptionalism, Emily Dickinson
20 Jan 2016
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From norton anthology of american literature volume a: bradstreet poetry selections ( to my dear and loving husband, contemplation, and the. Flesh and he spirit ), j. hector st. john de crevecoeur letters from an. This is an american: bradstreet poems, de crevecoeur. Puritans engage with the world because god made it. At times puritan poetry shows authors rebelling but also submitting. Movement between love of this world and anticipation of next world. Through bradstreet"s poems we see an intimate view of what puritans thought (everyday things, family, etc. ) Idea that everything is transient - that something you do in this world would have affect in the next one or might not at all. Finds love in this world and projects love into the next world promise in. Puritan dilemma because no promise you"ll actually be in that world. Flesh is more physical while spiritual is more cosmic, god allegory for the division between worldly life and spiritual life.
