Beschreibung:
WILLIAM J. SCHEICK is associate professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of The Will and the Word: The Poetry of Edward Taylor, and his essays have appeared in several scholarly journals in the field of American literature.
Puritan culture in many respects militated against artistic expression. Yet, like nature, art persisted, managing to gain a foothold in whatever crevices Puritan culture provided. Jonathan Edwards's artistry, evident in his deliberate experiments in the management of language, grew out of his duty as a minister to communicate his sermons effectively.