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The Devil and Doctor Dwight

Satire and Theology in the Early American Republic

The Devil and Doctor Dwight( )
Author: Wells, Colin
Series title:Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture Ser.
ISBN:978-0-8078-2715-4
Publication Date:Apr 2002
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $157.00
Book Description:

At the close of the eighteenth century, Timothy Dwight--poet, clergyman, and, later, president of Yale College--waged a literary and intellectual war against the forces of "infidelity." The Devil and Doctor Dwight reexamines this episode by focusing on The Triumph of Infidelity (1788), the verse satire that launched Dwight's campaign and, Colin Wells argues, the key to recovering the deeper meaning of the threat of infidelity in the early years of the American republic. Dwight's...
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Book Details
Pages:272
Detailed Subjects: Religion / Christianity / Literature & The Arts
Literary Criticism / Poetry
Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / Religion
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.545 x 23.495 cm
Book Weight:0.057 Kilograms



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