Saint and Singer: Edward Taylor's Typology and the Poetics of Meditation

by Karen E. Rowe

Book Overview

This book focuses on the works of America's premier colonial poet, Edward Taylor (1642-1729). This study analyses typology in Taylor's Christographia and Treatise Concerning the Lord's Supper and examining Taylor's adaptations of figural analogies to suit his personal spiritual needs, Professor Rowe advances a theory which unites Taylor's exegetical discipline as a preacher with his creativity as a poet. This is the first work to draw on the collection...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521108195
• ISBN13: 9780521108195
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"