All authors convey their messages and beliefs in their writing. Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards were no different. They used their writing as a way to impart their ideas to the readers. For these two authors, they were working on the same base, Puritanism, for the intended messages. In the end,...

Every culture reveres their Gods in different customs and ways. As people read the works of authors who have written down these customs people have come to understand the group of people that it is written about. In colonial literature those authors all had basic ideas of their God. They all view...

Here Follows Some Verses... In all of Anne Bradstreet's poetry that we have read, she has taken an experience of hers and then dissected and related it to Christian and, more generally, Puritan merits. "Here Follows Some Verses," is no exception. After the burning of her house 1...

Puritans and Planters are the two original groups that founded this country. This paper will examine the similarities and differences between them and today's society. The Puritan society was highly concerned with education. Like today, it was a cornerstone of their society. They believe...