文档介绍：Chapter1 Puritanism is the practices and beliefs of the puritans. The Puritans were originally members of a division of the protestant church. They accepted the doctrine of predestination, original sin , total depravity and limited atonement through a special infusion of grace from God. As culture heritage, American Puritanism also had a enduring influence on American literature.
Colonial Period stretches from the settlement of North America in the early seventeenth century through the end of the eighteenth.
American Puritans accepted the doctrine(教义) of predestination, original sin and total depravity, and limited atonement.
Bradstreet()---known as the “Tenth Muse”,templation《沉思录》。
节选9 I heard the merry grasshopper蝈蝈 then sing,
The black-clad cricket蛐蛐 bear a second part乐章,
They kept one tune调子, and played on the same string弦,
Seeming to glory光荣 in their little art.
Shall creatures abject thus their voices raise?
And in their kind resound回音(=repeat; because they have no ability to creat) their Master(God)'s praise:
Whilst I, as mute哑巴, can warble forth no higher lays.
Philip Freneau()作品The Wild Honey Suckle《金银花》
Fair flower, that dost ely grow,
             Hid in this silent,dull retreat,
           Untouched thy honeyed blossoms blow,
            Unseen thy little branches greet:
       No roving(=wandering) foot shal