God's Estranged Child: Self-Deprecating Images in Edward Taylor's Preparatory Meditations
Description:
Throughout his Preparatory Meditations, Edward Taylor used many images to deprecate himself. These images reflected his Puritan religious beliefs rather than an extremely low self-image.
The themes of his poetry were taken from the Bible, but they reflected the many duties which befell him in conjunction with his ministry at Westfield. By using images which were most familiar to him and the rhetorical devices of the seventeenth century, Taylor sought to seek God's forgiveness by doing His will-…
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Date:
August 1977
Creator:
Therber, Nancy Eileen