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

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

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Description
1 online resource (x, 329 pages) : illustrations.
Uniform Title
Inventing Eden (Online)
Alternative Title
Inventing Eden (Online)
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 (pages 253-321) and index.
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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.
LCCN
2013049348
OCLC
ssj0001225805
Author
Hutchins, Zachary McLeod.
Title
Inventing Eden [electronic resource] : primitivism, millennialism, and the making of New England / Zachary McLeod Hutchins.
Imprint
New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-321) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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