ENGL 262 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Aesthetic Realism, Herman Melville
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1650- 1900: puritan/ colonial 1650- 1750, revolutionary age of reason 1750- 1800, romanticism 1800- 1860, am. Cotton mather: huge scholar, wrote about new england at length, wrote over 500 books and pamphlets, huge figure during this time. Edward taylor: minister and physician in wilderness; believed sinfulness and damnation of man, salvation for select few, redeeming grace of omnipotent god, wanted church purified of all. Roman catholic and anglican embellishments; he along w/ other educated men of this time believed in evil spirits and witches and devils: puritanism: beginning- 1750. Theocracy: church is gov. , god all important. Period/ age of reason: genre/style: political pamphlets, travel writing, highly ornate persuasive writing, effect/aspects: patriotism and pride grows, creates unity about issues and creates am. Character: hist. context: encouraged revolutionary war support, figures: Benjamin franklin: practical yet idealistic, self-made man, poor democrat born in an aristocratic age, helped loosen up age thru his excellent example, famous and respected.
