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Article: Cotton Mather.(Poem)
- Article from:
- The Southern Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
- Author:
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Cotton Mather
Even the greatest divine
had his doubts.
Late at night, he often
saw a twisted face
in the flames of
the winter fireplace.
It told him everything
was a lie: Bibles, pulpits,
and redemption.
The world was made
by nothing for nothing,
spun like a child's top
in pointless, crazy circles.
When the flames
died at sunrise,
Mather robed himself
to judge ...
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... ... the works and worlds of the Mexican intellectual Carlos de Siguenza y Gongora (1645-1700) and the New England cleric Cotton Mather (1663-1728). Meyer employs a comparative history of the Americas to open new areas of inquiry while exploring the reasons ...
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