Devil and Doctor Dwight

by Colin Wells and Colin Wells

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At the close of the eighteenth century, Timothy Dwight--poet, clergyman, and, later, president of Yale College--waged a literary and intellectual war against the forces of "infidelity." The Devil and Doctor Dwight reexamines this episode by focusing on The Triumph of Infidelity (1788), the verse satire that launched Dwight's campaign and, Colin Wells argues, the key to recovering the deeper meaning of the threat of infidelity in the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0807853836

ISBN13:9780807853832

Release Date:March 2014

Publisher:Omohundro Institute and Unc Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.3" x 8.6"

Related Subjects

Christian Books & Bibles Classics History History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Poetry Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies Revolution & Founding Theology

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