Here are some supplemental links for your study of American Literature:
Puritan influence on American writing:
compulsivereader.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1196
John Smith (1579/80-1631):
www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/canam/smith.htm
William Bradford (1590-1657):
www.pilgrimhall.org/bradfordwilliam.htm
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672):
www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/428
Edward Taylor (1642?-1729):
www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/poets/taylor.php
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758):
www.apuritansmind.com/jonathanedwards/JonathanEdwards-MainPage.htm
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