Holy Sparkes of Heavenly Fire

Download or read book Holy Sparkes of Heavenly Fire written by Michael Reed and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-10-16 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Left unpublished for over 200 years, the poetry of colonial American writer Edward Taylor has left an undeniable impact on the American literary landscape. Upon its release, the concrete, carnal, and, to some, scandalous content and language of his poetry seemed to stand in contradiction with the man himself, a minister and doctrinaire Puritan. This book presents a psychoanalytic reading of both Taylors' religion and his poetry, shedding light on the language which has so puzzled readers since its initial publication.