A concordance to the major poems of Edward Taylor; 4v.

9780773449435

A concordance to the major poems of Edward Taylor; 4v.

Craig, Raymond.

Edwin Mellen Pr.

2008

1487 pages

$399.95

Hardcover

Z8861

Taylor (1642-1749) has been described as an Anglo-American Puritan poet, a proponent of reform theology, and a key player in making Protestantism beautiful. In this encyclopedic treatment, every key word in Taylor's work is examined in context, offering insight into the author's poetry and meditations. Despite the challenges of idiomatic spellings and usage, this is more than a mere compilation, offering orthographic variants, treatment of homographs as discrete words, and an index of non-substantive words typically excluded from such works, enabling in-depth study of language patterns and motifs throughout the entire corpus and allowing for a range of strategies in literary criticism. Even Taylor's simple puns have their space, along with the complexities of his metaphysics. Every meditation is included and the editor is wise enough to remain firmly in the background while guiding readers through the complexities.

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