The Puritan Settler in the American Novel Before the Civil War

17th century Aldersey American aspect attitude authors Banvard Bay-Path bigotry Boston Bowson century New England character Cheney's church colony Conant contrast Cooper Daughter Davenart Deacon DeForest delusion Doomed Chief E. B. Lee Edith Eliot England England Puritanism expressed fact faith fanaticism father Fletcher Golden Melice H. V. Cheney Hawthorne hero heroine historical novel Hobomok Holland Hope Leslie hypocrisy hypocritical illustrated Indians instance James Fenimore Cooper James Kirke Paulding John Knight Lee's literary Lydia Maria Child magistrate Mark Heathcote McHenry McHenry's Merciful Whalley Merry Mount minister Motley Mudgridge Naomi Neal Noyse Pale Faces Parris Paulding Paulding's Peep PERRY MILLER persecution picture piety Pilgrims in 1636 Plymouth portrait portraiture portrayal Priscilla Puritan Puritan figure Puritan settler Pynchon Quakers Rachel Dyer regicide religion religious Roger Conant romantic Ruth Whalley Salem Scarlet Letter Sedgwick settlements Spectre Spikeman spirit stern superstition Thompson views villain Wept of Wish-ton-Wish Whittier Winthrop witchcraft Witching