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Edward Taylor authored The General History of VA & N. England
The poem "The Flesh and the Spirit" is a poetic debate between two sisters.
Work described as "the most famous sermon ever preached in English-speaking
North America.”
Jonathan Edwards
This author did not want his works published because s/he considered them to be
private spiritual diary
Anne Bradstreet
And first of the occasion and inducements thereunto; the which that I may truly
unfould, I must begine at the very roote & rise of the same. The which I shall endevor
to manefest in a plaine stile, with singuler regard unto the simple truth in all things, at
least as near as my slender judgmente can attaine the same. This account was
prepared ______
for public consumption
Examples of writers of the colonial period of American literature include the following:
Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards
John Winthrop deemed the “calling” of women in Colonial New England as attending
to “household affairs and such things as belong to women.”
Anne Bradstreet self-published her collection of poetry.
Pastoral is a genre of literature expressing peace, simplicity, and virtues of an
innocent, idyllic life. Another name for term pastoral is
psalm
In the moneth of Aprill, 1614. with two Ships from London, of a few Marchants, I
chanced to arriue in New-England, a parte of Ameryca, at the Ile of Monahiggan, in
43 1/2 of Northerly latitude: our plot was there to take Whales and make tryalls of a
Myne of Gold and Copper. This excerpt is from a book authored by __________
Selected Captain John Smith
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In his Of Plimoth Plantation, William Bradford catalogs animals, furs, plants, fruits,
minerals, and abundant resources such as building materials.
In the moneth of Aprill, 1614. with two Ships from London, of a few Marchants, I
chanced to arriue in New-England, a parte of Ameryca, at the Ile of Monahiggan, in
43 1/2 of Northerly latitude: our plot was there to take Whales and make tryalls of a
Myne of Gold and Copper. This excerpt is from a book titled __________
A Description of New England
Unlike Captain John Smith who depicted the New World as a land of opportunity, this
author rather portrayed it as a land of spiritual testing.
William Bradford
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unfould, I must begine at the very roote & rise of the same. The which I shall endevor
to manefest in a plaine stile, with singuler regard unto the simple truth in all things, at
least as near as my slender judgmente can attaine the same. This excerpt is from a
book that existed only in manuscript for how many years?
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Captain John Smith authored A True Relation…of Virginia (1608)
In his writings, Captain John Smith portrayed English North America as a land of
endless bounty.
Which poem by Edward Taylor is developed through a series of legal images that
some find significant and interesting?
"A Fig for Thee oh! Death"
Evoked fear in his poem, “The Day of Doom,” to warn sinners of God’s impending
wrath.
Michael Wigglesworth
You are reading a poem entitled “The Day of Doom” and you think a Puritan might
have written it during the colonial period of American Literature. The plain style
might help you determine that a Puritan indeed wrote it during the colonial period.
Authored "Contemplations" that, inter alia, thematizes meditative contrasts between
antediluvian man versus modern man.
Anne Bradstreet
Examples of writers of the colonial period of American literature include the following:
William Bradford, Anne Bradstreet, and Walt Whitman.
Writing described as "sensual" and "erotic."
Michael Wigglesworth
Cotton Mather called this author the "American Nehemiah":
John Winthrop
In his works, Captain John Smith indirectly criticizes idle youth wasting away in
The first permanent settlement in New England was established at Virginia Beach.
Cotton Mather considered Edward Taylor’s poetry as “grateful entertainments unto
the ingenious.”
Which of the following poem by Edward Taylor thematizes God choosing the "elect"
and the conflicts the elect go through?
"The Preface"
Argues "there is nothing that keeps wicked men ...out of hell, but the mere pleasure
of God."
Jonathan Edwards
And first of the occasion and inducements thereunto; the which that I may truly
unfould, I must begine at the very roote & rise of the same. The which I shall endevor
to manefest in a plaine stile, with singuler regard unto the simple truth in all things, at
least as near as my slender judgmente can attaine the same. It took the author how
many years to write the book that this excerpt is taken from?
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Work described as First Native American "best-seller."
Thou ill-form’d offspring of my feeble brain,
Who after birth didst by my side remain,
Till snatched from thence by friends, less wise than true,
Who thee abroad, expos’d to publick view,
Made thee in raggs, halting to th’ press to trudge,
Where errors were not lessened (all may judg).
At thy return my blushing was not small,
My rambling brat (in print) should mother call,
This excerpt is from a poem titled __________
The Day of Doom
John Winthrop disapproved of women giving themselves “wholly to reading and
writing.”
Jonathan Edwards's sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," was popular
during the colonial period. That reputation, however, has diminished appreciably
over the last century. What possible factor(s) account for this diminished reputation?
All the above
In his works, Captain John Smith alludes to ancient myths of gardens of joy, eternal
life, and riches.
Which of the following ancient myth(s) does Captain John Smith appropriate or draw
upon to portray a paradisiacal image of the New World?
All the above
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1750 was the year the first English settlement was established.
The following is a genre of American literature of the colonial period: sermons
Pastoral is a genre of literature expressing peace, simplicity, and virtues of an
innocent, idyllic life. Another name for term pastoral is
psalm
Thou ill-form’d offspring of my feeble brain
Who after birth didst by my side remain,
Till snatched from thence by friends, less wise than true,
Who thee abroad, expos’d to publick view,
Made thee in raggs, halting to th’ press to trudge,
Where errors were not lessened (all may judg).
At thy return my blushing was not small,
My rambling brat (in print) should mother call,
This excerpt suggests that __________
Selected The poet or speaker did not intend for his or her poetry to be
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The words secular and obscure adequately describe Literature of the Colonial
Period.
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