Writing "To Conquer All Things": Cotton Mather's "Magnalia Christi Americana" and the Quandary of "Copia."

This article analyzes the context of the book "Magnalia Christi Americana" by Cotton Mather and the quality of his writings. Ever since its first publication in 1702, critics have regularly censured the "Magnalia" for being a vainglorious attempt at displaying the author's rhetorical brilliance and...

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Publicado en:	Early American Literature Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 263 - 298
Autor principal:	Stievermann, Jan
Formato:	Literary Criticism
Publicado:	University of North Carolina Press Jun2004
Materias:	Magnalia Christi Americana: Or, the Ecclesiastical History of New England From Its First Planting, in the Year 1620, Unto the Year of Our Lord 1698 (Book) Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728 Criticism Neoclassicism (Literature) Intertextuality Revolutionary (Literary period) 19th century (Literary period)
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