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Anne Bradstreet (Twayne's United States Authors, #72)

Josephine Ketcham Piercy

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Description:One of the most unusual American poets of the seventeenth century was Anne Bradstreet, daughter of Thomas Dudley and wife of Simon Bradstreet, both governors of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Amid the tasks of the wife of a prominent official and the mother of eight children, she found time to devote to the pursuit of poetry. By 1650 her output and her local fame called for publication in London.As the first book-length critical examination of Anne Bradstreet's writings, this study appraises her poetry and assesses it against the background of her life and times. Because the American scene awakened in her something new and original, Anne became one of the first in all English literature to treat wild nature as a fit subject for poetry. She described nature with enthusiasm and with the voice of the poet whose eye was actually focused upon the American landscape.Probably no English or American poetess of her day surpassed her later work, and despite much that is irregular in it, it has been acclaimed by distinguished scholars in American history and literature. Anne's adjustment to Puritan life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony was very difficult. Her intelligent and well-educated mind at times rebelled and questioned the life and even the religion of which she had become a part. Her poetry is, in a sense, the autobiography of a good woman beset with the paradoxes of faith and doubt, love of her family and love of God.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Anne Bradstreet (Twayne's United States Authors, #72). To get started finding Anne Bradstreet (Twayne's United States Authors, #72), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 1965

ISBN: 0808400517

Description: One of the most unusual American poets of the seventeenth century was Anne Bradstreet, daughter of Thomas Dudley and wife of Simon Bradstreet, both governors of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Amid the tasks of the wife of a prominent official and the mother of eight children, she found time to devote to the pursuit of poetry. By 1650 her output and her local fame called for publication in London.As the first book-length critical examination of Anne Bradstreet's writings, this study appraises her poetry and assesses it against the background of her life and times. Because the American scene awakened in her something new and original, Anne became one of the first in all English literature to treat wild nature as a fit subject for poetry. She described nature with enthusiasm and with the voice of the poet whose eye was actually focused upon the American landscape.Probably no English or American poetess of her day surpassed her later work, and despite much that is irregular in it, it has been acclaimed by distinguished scholars in American history and literature. Anne's adjustment to Puritan life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony was very difficult. Her intelligent and well-educated mind at times rebelled and questioned the life and even the religion of which she had become a part. Her poetry is, in a sense, the autobiography of a good woman beset with the paradoxes of faith and doubt, love of her family and love of God.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Anne Bradstreet (Twayne's United States Authors, #72). To get started finding Anne Bradstreet (Twayne's United States Authors, #72), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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