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What'sPuritanism?DefinitionofPuritanismPuritanthoughtsPuritanismisthereligiousbeliefsofthePuritans,whowantedtorestoresimplicitytochurchservicesandtheauthorityoftheBibletotheology.ThePuritanspossessedalifephilosophythatholdsthatmanisbasicallyevil“originalsin”andwillsurelybecondemned.Also,itvalueshardwork,thrift,pietyandsobrietyandconsidersjoyandlaughterassymptomsofsin.However,theyholdextremeopinionsandwerezealousindefenseoftheirownbeliefsbutoftenintolerantofthebeliefsoftheothersandthoughtthatanyonewhochallengedtheirwayoflifewasopposingGod’swill.Inthepersecutionofwhattheyconsiderederror,thePuritanswereharsh.2)CharacteristicsofPuritanLiterature:A.stressedmoralaimsmorethanform,fordidacticpurposeB.aimedtoberationalandorderly,becausetheyassumedthatGod’screationwaslogicalandharmoniousC.plainstyle3)ThePuritanwritersThePuritanwritersmainlywrotehistoriesandpoetrywhichwereinharmonywiththeirsoberreligion.ThemostnoteworthyPuritanwriterswerePuritanHistorywriters----WilliamBradford,JohnWinthrop,andJonathanEdwards;PuritanPoets-----AnneBradstreet(poetess),EdwardTaylorPleasetellBenjaminFrankline"sphilosophicalideas?Philosophicalideas:AsthechiefrepresentativeoftheAmericanEnlightenment,headvocatedahumanisticideal.Pragmaticandoptimistic,hehighlyregardedscience,knowledgeandeducationandbelievedinthepossibilitiesofhumanprogressandthecomfortsofmaterialsuccess.Hewassymbolicoftheagehebelongedtoinhisparadoxicalfaithinbothsocialorderandinnaturalrights,inloveofstabilityanddevotiontorevolutionarychange.HewasthefirstandperhapsthelastpositiverepresentationofthevaluesoftheAmericanDream.Giveabriefanalysisof"TheWildHoneySuckle"“TheWildHoneySuckle”(1786)《野忍冬花》Itishismostwidelyreadnaturallyricwiththethemeoftransience----.Thecentralimageisanativewildflower,whichmakesadrasticdifferencefromeliteflowerimagestypicaloftraditionalEnglishpoems.Itisusedasasymboltoconveythepoet’slamentforthemutabilityofnature.Itismeditative,sharp,delicateandrestrainedintoneanddictionAbittersweetawarenessofthetran