Word: puritans
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...Veritas” in Harvard’s shield was originally intended to invoke the absolutes of divine revelation, the unassailable verities of Puritan religion. We understand it quite differently now. Truth is an aspiration, not a possession. Yet in this we—and all universities defined by the spirit of debate and free inquiry—challenge and even threaten those who would embrace unquestioned certainties. We must commit ourselves to the uncomfortable position of doubt, to the humility of always believing there is more to know, more to teach, more to understand...
...women.” She penned it in her very first academic publication, a 1976 journal article that appeared in “American Quarterly,” while she was still in graduate school. The article argued that the emphasis on written documents in traditional historical scholarship led Puritan women to be remembered only by eulogistic sermons which obscured their individuality, and she criticized the tendency of historians to neglect those who are not the movers and shakers of history. “Hoping for an eternal crown, they never asked to be remembered on earth. And they haven?...
...fled the misery of Stratford-upon-Avon for London, where he promptly became the world's greatest playwright. Citing the omission of Anne's name from his will, academics have happily spun tales that she mothered a bastard, had affairs with her brothers-in-law and even seduced a Puritan preacher...
...that for sure. Though today’s afternoon exercises are (technically) “the annual meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association,” don’t expect an open-forum “town meeting” out of New England’s Puritan past. On matters of import, “Analysis Grammatical, Logicall and Rhetoricall” is relegated to English-language newsprint...
...executive producers. “It’s about people manipulating the situation and looking out for number one.” Restoration drama as a genre appeared following the reign of Oliver Cromwell, and after the restrictions imposed by the Puritan government—such as those on drama—were lifted. “Everything was restricted. Afterwards, the drama was written as a celebration of the return of freedom. This parallels the ’80s,” says Poppel. The genre as a whole uses parody and a touch of flamboyance to tell...