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Taylor, Edward

1,515 words, approx. 6 pages

Taylor, Edward 1642 Sketchley, England June 24, 1729 Westfield, Massachusetts Puritan minister and poet " . . . Is this thy play,/To spin a web out of thyself/To catch a fly?/For why?" F... Read more

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Edward Taylor

1,045 words, approx. 4 pages

Edward Taylor (ca. 1642-1729), Puritan poet and minister, was one of the finest literary artists of colonial America.Born in England, highly educated, and living a rather isolated frontier life at Wes... Read more

Edward Taylor

7,638 words, approx. 26 pages

Edward Taylor, American Puritan poet and minister of the Congregational church at Westfield, Massachusetts, for over fifty years, is now considered the most important poet to appear in America in the ... Read more