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The Devil's Mousetrap approaches the thought of three colonial New England divines-Increase Mather, Jonathan Edwards, and Edward Taylor-from the perspective of literary theory. Author Linda Munk focuses on the background of these men's ideas and on the sources from which they drew, both directly and indirectly, in framing their theology. She notes that the language used in the pulpit by Mather, Edwards, and Taylor is full of allusions to the Bible and Apocrypha, to Puritan treatises, and to post-biblical exegesis, Jewish and Christian. Munk proceeds to elucidate many allusions that have, for the most part, proved to be unclear to contemporary readers, in order to provide essential insights into the construction of Puritan theology.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Christianity

• Full title: Devil's Mousetrap
• Subtitle: Redemption and Colonial American Literature
• Author: Linda Munk
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 158
• EAN: 9780195114942
• ISBN: 0195114949
• ID: 04514233
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Weight: 363 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 147 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 29. January 1998

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