new puritanism
1New Puritanism — /nju ˈpjurətənɪzəm/ (say nyooh pyoohruhtuhnizuhm) noun a literary movement in response to postmodernism which seeks a revival of simplicity and straightforward narrative …
2New Puritans — This article is about the literary movement. For the movement, see New Puritans (movement). The New Puritans was a literary movement ascribed to the contributors to a 2000 anthology of short stories entitled All Hail the New Puritans, edited by… …
3Puritanism — Puritanism, as it name implies, was a movement dedicated to the purification of the Church of England following the accession of Queen Elizabeth I (r. 1558 1603). Elizabeth reversed the move to Roman Catholicism of her sister and predecessor,… …
4New Haven, Connecticut — New Haven redirects here. For other uses, see New Haven (disambiguation). City of New Haven   City   Skyline of Downtown New Haven …
5New Wave science fiction — New Wave is a term applied to science fiction produced in the 1960s and 1970s and characterized by a high degree of experimentation, both in form and in content, a literary or artistic sensibility, and a focus on soft as opposed to hard science.… …
6New Hampshire — • The most northerly of the thirteen original states of the United States Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. New Hampshire New Hampshire …
7New England — New Englander. New Englandish. an area in the NE United States, including the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. * * * Region, northeastern U.S. It consists of the states of Maine, New Hampshire …
8New England Puritan culture and recreation — The Puritan culture of the New England colonies of the seventeenth century was distinctive in its attitudes to the arts and recreation. The Puritan community was made homogeneous by a Calvinist theology that believed in a just, almighty God [1]… …
9Puritanism — /pyoor i tn iz euhm/, n. 1. the principles and practices of the Puritans. 2. (sometimes l.c.) extreme strictness in moral or religious matters, often to excess; rigid austerity. [1565 75; PURITAN + ISM] * * * Movement in the late 16th and 17th… …
10New Haven — a seaport in S Connecticut, on Long Island Sound. 126,109. * * * City (pop., 2000: 123,626), south central Connecticut, U.S. A port of entry on Long Island Sound, it was originally settled in 1638 and became part of the colony of Connecticut in… …
