American WritersThis collection of critical and biographical articles covers hundreds of notable authors from the 17th century to the present day. Signed essays, 12-15 pages in length by noted scholars, provide thought-provoking insights into the lives, careers and works of American writers. Each Supplement covers approximately 20 additional authors. |
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Page 158
... Puritan nonconformists who had fled from Archbishop Laud to indulge their own rigorous beliefs very soon discovered other kinds of nonconformity developing to plague them , even in their midst . Frost , who boasted of his Puritan ...
... Puritan nonconformists who had fled from Archbishop Laud to indulge their own rigorous beliefs very soon discovered other kinds of nonconformity developing to plague them , even in their midst . Frost , who boasted of his Puritan ...
Page 415
... Puritan personality or his Puritan portrait of America nonetheless poured fame and wealth on the young sportswriter as one of the greatest literary folk heroes since Mark Twain . At the height of his success in the mid- dle twenties ...
... Puritan personality or his Puritan portrait of America nonetheless poured fame and wealth on the young sportswriter as one of the greatest literary folk heroes since Mark Twain . At the height of his success in the mid- dle twenties ...
Page 432
... Puritan , from Jonathan Edwards to Ring Lardner , knows that the free soul will choose to be self - serving and dishonest and cruel . Although Puritanism proclaims judgment by faith , the Puritan usu- ally clings faithfully to the idea ...
... Puritan , from Jonathan Edwards to Ring Lardner , knows that the free soul will choose to be self - serving and dishonest and cruel . Although Puritanism proclaims judgment by faith , the Puritan usu- ally clings faithfully to the idea ...
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