Providence Tales and the Birth of American Literature, Paperback by Hartman, James D., ISBN 0801872510, ISBN-13 9780801872518, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK
Exploring the cultural context in which both English providence tales and their American counterparts emerged—focusing in particular on the way in which the providence tale folded the religious spirit of inquiry and truth-seeking into the new science and empiricism of the seventeenth century—Hartman offers a provocative reassessment of the origins of American literature.