LITERATURE QUESTIONS
PURITAN LITERATURE
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Maps and documents
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Sermons and prayers
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Lyrics and songs
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Diaries and histories
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Detailed explanation-1: -Puritan literature also relied on specific genres. Taking into account the first-person narrative and religious focus, most Puritan literature took the form of a sermon, poem, letter, or historical narrative.
Detailed explanation-2: -The political and religious diversity of these early English settlers is reflected in the kinds of literature they produced. Both Pilgrims and Puritans wrote poetry, sermons, diaries, and autobiographies.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Puritans used personal diaries to record the ways in which God was present in their lives and their personal struggles carrying out His purposes. Some Puritans wrote from those personal records to provide accounts of events, with an emphasis on God’s intervention in human affairs.
Detailed explanation-4: -They believed that all of their beliefs should be based on the Bible, which they considered to be divinely inspired. The concept of covenant was extremely important to Puritans, and covenant theology was central to their beliefs.
Detailed explanation-5: -Sermons. Historical narrative. Poetry.