Michael Wigglesworth and the Scope of Puritan Psychomachia

Poenaru, Andreea

doi:10.1515/rjes-2016-0005

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.

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Michael Wigglesworth and the Scope of Puritan Psychomachia

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