num_pages: 288
description: The author uses Thomas Robbins' 1820 edition of Mather's work to show how a Puritanical political sentiment prompted American Renaissance writers to address the implications of democracy. Hawthorne, Stoddard, and Stowe used Mather's work to discover the importance of democratic concepts and categori
language: English
title: Reinventing Cotton Mather In The American Renaissance: Magnalia Christi Americana in Hawthorne, Stowe, and Stoddard
titlecomplete: Reinventing Cotton Mather In The American Renaissance: Magnalia Christi Americana in Hawthorne, Stowe, and Stoddard
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Northeastern University Press