Intellectual life Puritans History 17 History and criticism 16 American literature 12 Puritan authors 11 Christian literature, American 5 more ... Christianity and literature 5 Colonial period 5 American poetry 4 Rhetoric 4 Civilization 3 Criticism and interpretation 3 English language 3 Puritan movements in literature 3 Puritans in literature 3 Christian poetry, American 2 Death in literature 2 Education 2 Elegiac poetry, American 2 Grief in literature 2 Influence 2 Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) 2 Libraries 2 Literature and anthropology 2 Narration (Rhetoric) 2 New England theology 2 Poetry 2 Religion 2 Self in literature 2 less ...