The Time Period of the Puritans Relating to American Literature

The Puritan writings much resembled their lifestyles. The Puritan life was plain and humble. They were unpretentious people who broke away from England so that they were not restricted in worshiping God. They did not believe in some of the ways of the Church of England, so they traveled to new lands in search of religious freedom. The Puritans believed that they should not act, dress or be at all extreme because they would be taking away from the glory of God. Everything the Puritans did was basic and simple, from the clothes they wore to the food they ate. The Puritan mind-set of total depravity also shone through in their writings. The authors we studied wrote in a plain style of prose and poetry. Anne Bradstreet broke off from the "normal" method of poetry in her works. …