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Publication of this book was assisted by the American Council of Learned Societies under a
grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Acknowledgment is made to the following authors, publishers, institutions, and individuals for
their permission to reprint copyrighted material.

Yale University Press, for quotations from Norman S. Grabo, editor, Edward Taylor "Christ-
ographia." Copyright © 1962 by Yale University; and for quotations from Donald E. Stanford,
editor, The Poems of Edward Taylor. Copyright © 1960 by Yale University Press, Inc. Reprinted
by permission of Yale University Press.
Michigan State University Press, for quotations from Edward Taylor Treatise Concerning the
Lord's Supper, ed. Norman S. Grabo ( 1966). Copyright © 1965 Michigan State University
Press.

Redwood Library and Athenaeum, for quotations from The Metrical History of Christianity,
ed. Donald E. Stanford ( 1962). Copyright 1962 by Donald E. Stanford.
Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, for quotations from, The Diary of Edward Taylor, ed.
Francis Murphy ( 1964). Copyright 1964 by Springfield Library and Museums Association.
The New England Quarterly and editor Herbert Brown, for chapter 8 of this study, published
originally as "The Rev. Mr. Edward Taylor's Bawdry" in New England Quarterly 43, no. 3
( September 1970). Copyright 1970 by The New England Quarterly.
Early American Literature and editor Everett Emerson, for chapter 3 of this study, published
originally as "The Example of Edward Taylor" in Early American Literature 4, no. 3 (Winter
1970).

Harper & Row and Allan Kaplan, for "Poem" from Paper Airplane by Allan Kaplan. Copyright
© 1971 by Allan Kaplan. Reprinted by permission of Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Keller, Karl, 1933 --

The example of Edward Taylor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Taylor, Edward, 1642-1729. I. Title.

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