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The Politics of Self-Prescribed Destiny as Manifested in William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation

By Yanwing Leung
REAL: Review of English and American Literature [Yingmei wenxue pinglun]

The first Pilgrims to Plymouth took with them the conviction that God wanted them to settle in America to build “a shining city upon the hill.” Fulfilling this sacred destiny as previewed or suggested in the Old Testament became a mandate for the 17th-century Separatists led by William Bradford.

Growing up in New York City: A Generational Memoir (1941-1960)

By Howard R. Wolf
American Studies Journal

If historians tend to proceed from external data to hidden motivation of key players, the personal essayist typically moves from the intimate level to the plane of sociology, politics, and history. He becomes, therefore, a generational memoirist. In this autobiographical essay, Howard R. Wolf seeks to become a generational memoirist of New York City.

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