The Devil and Doctor Dwight
Subtitle: Satire and Theology in the Early American Republic
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 4, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780807827154
Subjects: Christian theology; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Poetry & poets: 16th to 18th centuries; United States - Revolutionary War; c 1700 to c 1800; Dwight, Timothy,; 18th Century American Literature; Religious Literature; Theology; History; Literature - Classics / Criticism; American English; English; History: American; USA; Freethinkers; American - General; Chauncy, Charles; Dwight, Timothy; In literature; Religion / Theology; 18th century; Triumph of infidelity; United States; 1752-1817; Christian poetry, American; Christianity and literature; History and criticism
First sentence: In the fall of 1796, at the conclusion of his first year as president of Yale College, Timothy Dwight delivered the baccalaureate sermon, "On the Duties Connected with a Professional Life."