http://www.anne-bradstreet.com/
http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/Bradstreet/bradbio.htm
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| Anne Bradstreet was on 1612, in Northampton, England. Her real name was Anne Dudley. She was the daughter of Thomas Dudley and Dorothy Yorke. She really didn�t attend school because she was at a time where women really didn�t get an education. She still got an education from eight tutors and her dad. She was very interested in learning. And read some book from the greatest authors in her time. Because of her fathers job position, Earl of Lincoln estate, she had unlimited access to the library of the manor. IN 1628 she got married to Simon Bradstreet, which was her father�s assistant. In 1629 both her father and her husband joined a group of very successful men, whose purpose was to protect Puritan values from people like the Bishop of Laud, and make a new society and a new land. On March 29, 1630, Bradstreet and her family immigrated to the New World. Bradstreet wasn�t ok with the idea of giving all the benefits of Earl�s Manor, for what the new world ha to offer them. Bradstreet spent three months on her ship, the Arbella, before she reached Salem on June 12, 1630. Ten other ships reached the Salem port soon after hers. An important figure in the history of American Literature. Considered by many the first American poet. Her first collection of poems, "The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, By a Gentlewoman of Those Parts", does not contain a lot of her well know poems. That was the first book written by a woman published in the United States. Her work also serves as a document of struggles of a Puritan wife against the hardships of New England colonial life. In some ways it is a testament to plight for the woman age. Anne�s life was a complete struggle, from difficult adaptation of the new land, to her constant battle with illness. It is very clear to most people that Anne�s faith was exemplary, and also her love for her children and her husband. Governor Simon Bradstreet. Her poems were mainly written through times of loneliness, because her husband had political errands to run to. Ann was a very responsible and educated woman, she spent most of her time with her children reading and teaching to them as her father would when she was a little girl. Another most important quality of Anne was her strong intuition. Although subtly at her work, probably because of fear from the deeply religious community of the Puritan community, one can feel her fascination with the mind, spirit, and inner guidance. Her style very simple, yet speaks of a woman of high intelligence. Even though it was difficult for women to air their views during the 17th century, she did so with ease, as her knowledge for vocabulary, and knowledge brought a lyrical, yet logical quality at her work which made it pleasant for everyone to read. | ||||||||||
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| http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/16071783/lit/bradstre.htm http://www.anne-bradstreet.com/ http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/Bradstreet/bradbio.htm |
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