<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The present article attempts to portray a rather bleak personality of Puritan New England, Minister Michael Wigglesworth, who had in his time great influence on his community ipso facto. Mr. Doomsday, as he was called, kept a diary that reveals the abyss that a Puritan soul could fall into while struggling for perfection, which was unbreakable communion with God.</p></abstract>

The present article attempts to portray a rather bleak personality of Puritan New England, Minister Michael Wigglesworth, who had in his time great influence on his community ipso facto. Mr. Doomsday, as he was called, kept a diary that reveals the abyss that a Puritan soul could fall into while struggling for perfection, which was unbreakable communion with God.

Michael Wigglesworth and the Scope of Puritan Psychomachia

Universitatea “Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Iaşi

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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The present article attempts to portray a rather bleak personality of Puritan New England, Minister Michael Wigglesworth, who had in his time great influence...

Michael Wigglesworth and the Scope of Puritan Psychomachia

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 28 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0005

Keywords
doomsday, providence, psychomachia, redemption, sin

© 2016 Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Michael Wigglesworth and the Scope of Puritan Psychomachia

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 28 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0005

Keywordsdoomsday, providence, psychomachia, redemption, sin

© 2016 Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
doomsday, providence, psychomachia, redemption, sin