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Inventing Eden : primitivism, millennialism, and the making of New England

Title
Inventing Eden : primitivism, millennialism, and the making of New England / Zachary McLeod Hutchins.
Author
Hutchins, Zachary McLeod
Publication
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]

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Description
x, 329 pages; 25 cm
Subject
  • American literature > New England > History and criticism
  • American literature > 17th century > History and criticism
  • American literature > 18th century > History and criticism
  • Eden in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Paradise explained : an Edenic primer -- Promoting Paradise, ordering wilderness: topographical dreams and agricultural realities in colonial New England -- A body unembarrassed : humoral empowerment and Edenic temperance -- Building Bensalem at Massachusetts Bay : the search for Solomon's wisdom -- Translating Paradise : Hebrew, Herbert, Fox, and the pursuit of linguistic purity -- From pilgrimage to new birth, Adam to Eve : the evolution of Edenic models for conversion -- Life, liberty, and the pursuit of Eden : the architects, slave laborers, and master masons of Freedom's Temple.
Call Number
JFE 14-6440
ISBN
  • 9780199998142 (hbk)
  • 0199998140 (hbk)
LCCN
2013049348
OCLC
869548922
Author
Hutchins, Zachary McLeod, author.
Title
Inventing Eden : primitivism, millennialism, and the making of New England / Zachary McLeod Hutchins.
Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 14-6440
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