Anne Dudley Bradstreet (ca. 1612-1672) was a Puritan poet whose work portrays a deeply felt experience of American colonial life. She was the daughter and wife of Massachusetts governors. Anne Dudley, born about 1612 probably in Northampton, England,...

Anne Bradstreet was the first woman to be recognized as an accomplished New World Poet. Her volume of poetry The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America . . . received considerable favorable attention when it was first published in London in 1650. Eight...

Anne Bradstreet was the first woman to be recognized as an accomplished New World Poet. Her volume of poetry The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America ... received considerable favorable attention when it was first published in London in 1650. Eight...

Poems by Anne Dudley Bradstreet Reprinted in Early American Writing Published in 1994 "We both are ignorant, yet love bids me/These farewell lines to recommend thee,/That when that knot's untied that made us one, I may seem thine, who in...

1612 Northampton, England September 16, 1672 North Andover, Massachusetts Colonial American poet "All things within this fading world hath end,/Adversity doth still our joys attend. . . . " From Anne Bradstreet's poem...

Anne Bradstreet (ca. 1612 – September 16, 1672) was the first American female writer, and the first American female poet/author to have her works...

Today is Thursday, Feb. 22, the 53rd day of 2007. There are 312 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Feb. 22, 1732, the first president of the United States, George Washington, was born at his parents' plantation in the Virginia Colony.On this date:In...

In the following excerpt, Caldwell discusses Bradstreet's struggle with traditional male images symbolizing poetic creation, and concludes that Bradstreet became the founder of American poetry precisely because of her marginal position.

In the following essay, Doriani discusses Bradstreet's use of the poetic conventions of the Biblical Psalms.

In the following excerpt, Sweet considers the ways in which Bradstreet created a feminine poetic persona for herself in the context of the male poetic tradition.

Essay explains how Anne Bradstreet worked within the confines of Puritan society to achieve recognition.

In her poem "To My Dear and Loving Husband," Anne Bradstreet expresses her profound love and undying affection for her husband. Bradstreet makes a point to enlighten her husband of her devotion and longing as opposed to duty, which leaves the question whether or not she reflected the Puritan lifestyle of her time. She conveys this message through figurative language and declarative tone, using imagery, repetition, and paradoxes.

rhetorical essay arguing the significance of Anne Bradstreet's poetry. contains all elements of rhetoric triangle as well as numerous rhetorical devices.