The language of Canaan : metaphor and symbol in New England from the Puritans to the trancendentalists /

Lowance, Mason I., 1938-

The language of Canaan : metaphor and symbol in New England from the Puritans to the trancendentalists / Mason I. Lowance, Jr. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1980. - x, 335 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

0674509498

79021179


Bible--Language, style.


American literature--History and criticism.--New England
Authors, American--Homes and haunts--New England.
Christian art and symbolism--New England.
Transcendentalism (New England)
Puritans--New England.


New England--Intellectual life.

PS243 / .L6