Background
Lowance, Mason I. was born on June 2, 1938 in Atlanta. Son of Mason I. and Kathleen Bowden Lowance.
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This is a study of New England figurative language from 1600 to 1850, from the English and Continental origins of Puritanism to the symbolic writings of Thoreau. It enriches our understanding of Puritan thought and expression and traces the influence of Puritanism on later American writing. A common link among the writers of this period was a system of prophetic symbolism derived from Scripture. The Bible was the source of figures and types used to illustrate divine guidance in human affairs, and its prophetic language provided the Puritans with a method for explaining and projecting the course of history. Lowance explores these modes of prophetic and metaphorical expression and the millennial impulse in American thinking. In the process he provides a cohesive approach to such diverse writers as Bradford, Cotton, Taylor, Increase and Cotton Mather, Edwards, Freneau, Barlow, Dwight, and Emerson. His book will be welcomed by all students of early American thought and literature.
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Lowance, Mason I. was born on June 2, 1938 in Atlanta. Son of Mason I. and Kathleen Bowden Lowance.
AB cum laude, Princeton University, 1960. Bachelor with honors, Oxford University, England, 1964. Master of Arts with honors, Oxford University, England, 1967.
Doctor of Philosophy, Emory University, 1967.
Instructor in English and religion Punahou School, Honolulu, 1960-1961. Instructor in English Morehouse College, Atlanta, 1964-1967. Assistant professor University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1967-1971, associate professor, 1971-1975, professor American literature, since 1975.
Visiting professor Tufts University, 1971, Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, 1979-1980, Clark University, 1988, Harvard Extension, since 1981. Consultant United States Office Education, Washington, 1965-1978. Director National Endowment of the Humanities seminars for college teachers Newberry Library., 1992, 95, Brown University, 1976.
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Member Modern Language Association, American Antiquarian Society (Worcester, Massachusetts), Amherst Rotary Club, St. Botolph's Club, University Massachusetts Faculty Club.
Married Susan Coltrane, July 19, 1963. Children: Susan Radcliffe, Margaret Elizabeth Lowance Rorick.