This book reconsiders the texts of Taylor's two major works for the first time since Donald Stanford's 1960 edition and offers the first complete text of all the Meditations that Taylor transcribed into his "Poetical Works" manuscript. The Introduction provides a comprehensive overview of Taylor's life and work as well as a thorough discussion of the important critical approaches to the poetry. Together with list of works cited, the Introduction provides any scholar, teacher, or student with a thorough and solid grounding in what is known and thought about Taylor's work. Includes glossary, textual notes, emendations, and variants.

(Key Words: literary criticism, Daniel Patterson, Edward Taylor, Gods Determinations, Preparatory Meditations, Literature, Poetry).