Colonial Literature - Characteristics - Didactic tone and message - “Meditations” on religion and god - Focus on daily life events mixed with religion - Mary Rowlandson (1637-January 5, 1711) - (1682) A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson - Anne Bradstreet (March 20, 1612-September 16, 1672) - (1666) Verses upon the Burning of our House - Jonathon Edwards (October 5, 1703-March 22, 1758) - (1741) Sinners in the Hands of an (jan 1, 1600