Talk:Michael Wigglesworth

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The poem listed as MW's epitaph is not the inscription on his gravestone. It's almost certainly from Mather's Magnalia, although I don't have a copy to confirm that before me at present.

The 1903 critique of his work, "Day of Doom" is also one-sided; early 20th c. writers, especially more liberal theologians seeking to distance themselves from the very founders they sought to claim as progenitors, were prone to be dismissive and generalize in their critiques of such clerics' works. Its poetic values are a bit higher than indicated, and it is worth reading the work on its own terms, rather than as a base comparanda against which to valorize later theological holdings.108.7.186.137 (talk) 02:03, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]