SOURCE: "Cotton Mather: A Pathetic Plutarch," in A Loss of Mastery: Puritan Historians in Colonial America, University of California Press, 1966, pp. 53-87.
In the following excerpt, Gay examines Mather's Magnalia Christi Amricana and argues that it has played a significant role in shaping modern views on Puritan New England.
This is a free excerpt of 49 words. There are 8,566 words (approx.
29 pages at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.
Read the rest of this Criticism with our Cotton Mather 1663–1728: Critical Essay by Peter Gay Access Pass.
