"England Hath Seene Her Best Dayes, and Now Evill Dayes are Befalling Us." Nostalgia in Puritan Culture

"England Hath Seene Her Best Dayes, and Now Evill Dayes are Befalling Us." Nostalgia in Puritan Culture

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To examine Puritan nostalgia in the context of the Great Migration (1630s-40s), this paper analyzes the ZINC CITRATE 50 MG spiritual autobiography of the English tailor John Dane, in which he recollects his memories of leaving his family and wandering through Hertfordshire, as well as his return home and subsequent move to New England.By investigating how Dane employs nostalgia to make sense of and emotionally Liebherr IKBP2760 BioFresh Performance 140cm Built In Integrated Larder Fridge cope with his separation from home, his conversion experience, and his decision to leave for New England, this paper argues that nostalgia was decisive in how early modern Puritans understood, experienced, and practiced their daily lives.