Jeffrey A Hammond
Biographic Data
| ID | 3626539 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeffrey A Hammond |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeffrey A |
| FAMILY NAME | Hammond |
| SIGNATURE | HAMMOND J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Faulkner University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The American Puritan Elegy
Jeffrey Hammond's study takes an anthropological approach to the most popular form of poetry in early New England - the funeral elegy. Hammond reconstructs the historical, theological and cultural contexts of these poems to demonstrate how they responded to a specific process of mourning defined by Puritan views on death and grief. The elegies emerge, he argues not as 'poems' to be read and appreciated in a post-romantic sense, but as performativ…
Authority and Female Authorship in Colonial America
Sinful Self, Saintly Self
Sinful Self, Saintly Self
The Bride in Redemptive Time
THAT Puritans in early days were fond of portraying the New England mission in terms of cultivating God's garden or vineyard in the midst of a hostile wilderness is well known. The metaphor, naturally appropriate to the task of establishing permanent settlements, also enhanced the degree to which the Puritans could assume their place in redemptive history by recapitulating the biblical journey from Egypt to Canaan. William Bradford, Edward Johnso…
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The Bride in Redemptive Time
THAT Puritans in early days were fond of portraying the New England mission in terms of cultivating God's garden or vineyard in the midst of a hostile wilderness is well known. The metaphor, naturally appropriate to the task of establishing permanent settlements, also enhanced the degree to which the Puritans could assume their place in redemptive history by recapitulating the biblical journey from Egypt to Canaan. William Bradford, Edward Johnso…
Sinful Self, Saintly Self
Sinful Self, Saintly Self
Authority and Female Authorship in Colonial America
The American Puritan Elegy
Jeffrey Hammond's study takes an anthropological approach to the most popular form of poetry in early New England - the funeral elegy. Hammond reconstructs the historical, theological and cultural contexts of these poems to demonstrate how they responded to a specific process of mourning defined by Puritan views on death and grief. The elegies emerge, he argues not as 'poems' to be read and appreciated in a post-romantic sense, but as performativ…
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