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1、AMERICANLITERATUREAnIntroductionCaptainJohnSmith(1850-1631),FirstAmericanWriterCOLONIALPERIOD1608-1765"Englandpurchasedforsomeofhersubjects,whofoundthemselvesuneasyathome,agreatestateinadistantcountry.”EarlyNewEnglandLiterature:PuritansCottonMather,1663–17
2、28,AmericanPuritanclergymanandwriter,b.Boston,grad.Harvard(B.A.,1678;M.A.,1681);sonofIncreaseMatherandgrandsonofRichardMatherandofJohnCotton.AkeyfigureintheEnglishPuritanmovementJohnCotton(1584-1652),akeyfigureintheEnglishPuritanmovementinthefirsthalfofthe1
3、7thcentury,arespectedleaderamonghisgenerationofemigrantsfromEnglandtoNewEngland.WilliamBradford1590-1657ThemosteminentleaderofthePilgrimswhoestablishedPlymouthColony.Governorformorethan30years.HisHistoryofPlymouthPlantation,1620–1647,firstprinted,1856,diedo
4、nMay9or19,1657.MassachusettsBayColony(1628)GovernorJohnWinthropUnliketheSeparatistsatPlymouth,thecolonistsofMassachusettsBaywerePuritan“dissenters”RogerWilliam-distinctivePuritanReligiousTolerationSeparationofchurch&stateProvidence-RhodeIslandInterestedinIn
5、dianlanguageTheInnerLightQuakerismQuakersbeingledtoexecutioninMassachusettsBayColony,1600s.NorthwindPictureArchivesTheHolyExperimentWilliamPenn(1644-1718),theQuakerproprietorofthecolonyofPennsylvania,whichwasnamedafterhisfather.America’sfirstpoetessofPurita
6、nverseAnneBradstreetwasbornin1612toanonconformistformersoldierofQueenElizabeth,ThomasDudley.TheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmericain1650FirstAmericanpoetofundisputabletalentEdwardTaylor1642-1729RegardedasthebestpuritanpoetofcolonialAmerica.Hewrotemetaphysicalp
7、oems,inthetraditionofDonneandHerbert,treatingreligiousthemesandburningwithanintenseloveforGod.Inhispoem“Huswifery”,hesawreligioussignificanceinasimpledailyincidentlikeahousewifespinning.Puritan'frontierminister'TaylorwasaPuritan'frontierminister'anddoctorin
8、westernMassachussetts.Taylordidnotintendhispoemsforpublicationand,indeed,theywerenot'discovered'until1930.TheirelaborateimageryandemotionaltoneareatypicalofPuritanreligiouspoetry,whichtendstoeschewsuch