Edward Taylor (1) (1642–1729)
Autore di The Poems of Edward Taylor
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Sull'Autore
A Congregational minister engaged in the task of establishing a spiritual code in a new country, Taylor explored the discursive possibilities of the metaphysical tradition of George Herbert, John Donne, and Richard Crashaw. His Protestant religious convictions made his vocation of teacher and mostra altro minister difficult in Restoration England. When Taylor refused to sign the 1662 Act of Uniformity, he was prevented from teaching school, and finally, in 1668, he set sail for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1671 Taylor graduated from Harvard College, and by 1673 he possessed his own parsonage and congregation in Westfield, Massachusetts. A year later he married Elizabeth Fitch, with whom he would have eight children. Their union lasted until her death. In 1692 Taylor married a second time; he and his second wife, Ruth Wyllys, would produce another six children. As a theologian, Taylor---like Milton and his Puritan forebears---needed to explain "God's ways to men," and both his poetry and his elaborate sermons endeavored to do so. Taylor's poetic meditations frequently dealt with divine love, while his sermons sought to teach the necessary doctrine that resulted from that love. But Taylor also tried to employ history, both cultural and personal, as an instructive device. In the early eighteenth century, Taylor inscribed an epic poem of over 20,000 lines that would later be published as A Metrical History of Christianity. Because Taylor preferred to be perceived as a minister, rather than as a writer, he went largely unpublished during his lifetime. But his use of metaphor, history, and language have established his reputation as an important American writer. His creative use of language has led contemporary critics to find his work particularly compelling. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di Edward Taylor
Early American Poetry: Selections from Bradstreet, Taylor, Dwight, Freneau and Bryant (1978) — Collaboratore — 30 copie
Christographia 2 copie
The Diary of Edward Taylor 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Volume 1 (1990) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 255 copie
American Literature: The Makers and the Making (In Two Volumes) (1973) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 25 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1642
- Data di morte
- 1729-06-29
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
USA - Luogo di nascita
- Sketchley, Leicestershire, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Westfield, Massachusetts, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Westfield, Massachusetts, USA
- Istruzione
- Harvard College (1671)
- Attività lavorative
- cleric
physician
farmer
poet - Relazioni
- Stiles, Ezra (grandson)
Sewall, Samuel (friend)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 7
- Opere correlate
- 6
- Utenti
- 153
- Popolarità
- #136,480
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 38
- Preferito da
- 1