Conversing by Signs: Poetics of Implication in Colonial New England CultureThe people of colonial New England lived in a densely metaphoric landscape_a world where familiars invaded bodies without warning, witches passed with ease through locked doors, and houses blew down in gusts of angry, providential wind. Meaning, Robert St |
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