Conflict between Self-discovery and Salvation in Mary Rowlandson's The Sovereignty and Goodness of God.

This paper aims to explore, in social-cultural and textual contexts, how Rowlandson's self-discovery did not always conform to the Protestant-Calvinist framework. Rowlandson's sinful experience, characterized by extraordinary individuation, ministerial involvements in her narration and her anxiety after release from captivity can best explain the conflict between her self-discovery and salvation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]