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"Edmund Greenleaf ... was born in the parish of Brixham, and county of Devonshire, near Torbay, in England, about the year 1600. He married Sarah Dole, and had several children born in England. In the year 1635 he came to America with his family, and settled in Newbury, Mass. He lived near "Old Town Bridge ... About the year 1650 he removed to Boston where he buried his wife, and afterwards married a Widow Hill. In the early part of 1671, Mr. Greenleaf died. His will ... was proved February 12, 1671, and is recorded in the Probate Records of Boston ... "--P. [47]. Descendants lived in Connecticut, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Maine, Mississippi, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota and elsewhere.
Shifting the center of gravity from pulpits to parsonages, and from confident sermons to whispered doubts, this family narrative humanizes the Eliot saints, demystifies their liberal religion, and lifts up the largely unsung female vocation of practical ministry. Spanning 150 years from the early 19th century forward, the narrative probes the womens defining experiences: the deaths of numerous children, the anguish of infertility, persistent financial worries, and the juggling of the often competing demands that parishes make on first ladies. Here, too, we see the matriarchs granddaughters scripting larger lives as they skirt traditional marriage and womens usual roles in the church. They follow their hearts into same-sex unions and blaze new trails as they carve out careers in public health service and preschool education. These stories are linked by the womens continuing battles to speak and make themselves heard over the thundering clerical wisdom that contradicts their reality. A wealth of photographs, genealogical charts, and a family roster deepen the readers engagement with this ambitious biography.
In this Companion, an international team of leading T. S. Eliot scholars contribute studies of different facets of the writer's work to build up a carefully co-ordinated and fully rounded introduction. Five chapters give a complete account of Eliot's poems and plays from several distinct points of view. The major aspects and issues of his life and thought are assessed: his American origins and his becoming English; his position as a philosopher; his literary, social, and political criticism; and the evolution of his religious sense. Later chapters place his work in a number of historical perspectives; and the final chapter provides an expert review of the whole field of Eliot studies and is supplemented by a listing of the most significant publications. There is a useful chronological outline. Taken as a whole, the Companion comprises an essential handbook for students and other readers of Eliot.
Includes inclusive "Errata for the Linage book."
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