The Day of Doom is a 17th century poem by Puritan clergyman Michael Wigglesworth. The religious poem focuses on the Day of Judgment and a vengeful God. According to the Norton Anthology of American Literature, the very popular book held a secure place in New England Puritan households for a century. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1662/00/00 | Green and Johnson, printers | Publisher | "The Day of Doom: or, A Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgment" by clergyman Michael Wigglesworth is published by Samuel Green and Marmaduke Johnson. | ||||
| 1662/00/00 | Michael Wigglesworth | Author | "The Day Of Doom" by Michael Wigglesworth is printed by Green and Johnson in 1662. | ||||
| 1977/00/00 | A 6th edition of "The Day of Doom", inscribed on page 'G R Howe, Nov 1867, Lyman Beecher Stowe, 1 Beekman Place, New York' is sent to the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, as part of the Beecher-Stowe family papers. |
| Particulars for The Day of Doom (poem): | |||
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| Art Type | Book | a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. | |
| Cultural Affiliation | Christian | a person who believe in the teaching of Jesus of Nazareth, Christ | |
| Faith | Last Judgement | judgment of humankind expected in some religious traditions to take place at the end of the world | |
| Narrative Arts | Metrical,Verse | relating to or composed in poetic meter | |
| Art Type | Poem | writing that partakes of the nature of both speech and song that is typically rhythmical, usually metaphorical, and often exhibits such formal elements as meter, rhyme and stanzaic structure. | |
| Cultural Affiliation | Puritan | ||
| Area of Significance | Religion | ||
| Spiritual | Spiritual | relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things | |
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| Original Language: | English | ||
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