God's altar : the world and the flesh in Puritan poetry /

Daly, Robert, 1943-,

God's altar : the world and the flesh in Puritan poetry / [print] Robert Daly. - Berkeley : University of California Press, (c)1978. - ix, 253 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Puritanism and poetry -- The world's body -- Ars poetica -- Anne Bradstreet and the practice of weaned affections -- Gnostics and naturalists -- Edward Taylor: Christ's creation and the dissatisfactions of metaphor -- In critic's hands: a bibliographical essay.



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American poetry--Puritan authors--History and criticism.
American poetry--History and criticism.--New England
Christian poetry, American--History and criticism.
Puritans--Intellectual life.--New England
American poetry--English influences.
Puritan movements in literature.
Colonies in literature.

PS312 PS312.D153.G637 1978