4. SAMUEL MATHER: FIGURES, TYPES, AND ALLEGORIES

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xi
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. I. The Beginnings of Figural Expression
6. 1. MEDIEVAL AND REFORMATION BACKGROUNDS 13
7. 2. THE PURITAN FIGURAL IMAGINATION AND THE LANGUAGE OF CANAAN 28
8. 3. THE CANTICLES TRADITION 41
9. II. Figuralism in Late Seventeenth Century New England
10. 4. SAMUEL MATHER: FIGURES, TYPES, AND ALLEGORIES 57
11. 5. TAYLOR'S MEDITATIONS AND SERMONS AND THE PERSONALIZING OF THE BIBLICAL FIGURES 89
12. III. Recapitulative Typology and Eschatology
13. 6. THE SHAPING OF THE FUTURE: ESCHATOLOGICAL SYMBOLISM IN OLD AND NEW ENGLAND DURING THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 115
14. 7. COTTON MATHER'S MAGNALIA CHRISTI AMERICANA, "BIBLIA AMERICANA," AND THE METAPHORS OF BIBLICAL HISTORY 160
15. 8. JONATHAN EDWARDS AND THE GREAT AWAKENING 178
16. 9. JOEL BARLOW AND THE RISING GLORY OF AMERICA 208
17. IV. Epistemology and the Biblical Symbol from the Great Awakening to the American Renaissance
18. 10. JONATHAN EDWARDS AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD 249
19. 11. FROM EDWARDS TO EMERSON AND THOREAU: A REVALUATION 277
20. NOTES 299
21. INDEX 329