Texts by Anne Bradstreet
Resources about Anne Bradstreet
1. Gonzalez, Ramon. “Anne Bradstreet, 1612-1672.” UNCP.EDU. June 2, 2007. < http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/16071783/lit/bradstre.htm >
It appears that this website was a student project, or assignment, that was required for a class. The purpose of the website is to give the reader information about Anne Bradstreet and why she is important to American history. Anne Bradstreet is often considered the first American poet. She wrote during the early days of colonization in America. She is also a woman which is significant. Her writings provide insight into the life and times of American puritans. She writes about the struggles of women, passion of religion, and the hardships of daily life. Her works provide a glimpse of everyday puritan life. This resource is helpful because it provides background information on an important author. The article’s author’s credibility is not at question. Being a student requires accuracy for credit. As accuracy is required and plagiarism the capitol offense of academic life, the author’s credibility is elevated by being a student rather than diminished. --Neil Sherman
2. “Anne Bradstreet: America’s First Poet”, by Scott Simon. Weekend Edition.
NPR. 23 April, 2005. < http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4616663
Scott Simon, host of NPR’s Weekend Edition, conducted an interview with author Charlotte Gordon. Gordon has written a book about the life and times of America’s first poet, Anne Bradstreet. This interview is helps the reader of Bradstreet’s work to understand a little of where she was coming from. Bradstreet had left a comfortable life in England to explore the frontier of a new world and try to establish a new life. When we read about an author’s background we are better able to understand the author’s writings.
3. Biography Resource Center. 2007, “Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet” Mesa Community College.
This website is a brief summary of Anne Bradstreet in her role as a wife, mother, Puritan, and poet. In her writings, Bradstreet struggles “between her religious faith and the harsh experiences of living in colonial Massachusetts during the mid-17th century”. She contends “life on earth with the Puritan ethics of preparation for the next world”. It is important to read about Bradstreet. As a woman in the colonial times, an individual’s diversity was essential, and Anne had that potential. Her image as a woman and the struggles with religious ethic are evident in the poems she writes. This resource is good to read, as it is helpful in understanding the literature of different writers during the Puritan times. The website is helpful and I give credit to it. It provides further reading in the life of Anne Bradstreet.
4. “Women of Influence: Anne Bradstreet.” 12 June 2007. http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/womeninfln/bradstreet.htm.
This government-regulated website (making it credible) gives a personal history of Anne Bradstreet, a female, Puritan writer who has been hailed as “America’s First Poet.” She was the daughter of prosperous parents, and sailed to America with her parents and her husband in 1630. Unlike most children at the time, she received an education in literature, and grew to love it. Eventually, she began writing her own poems, eventually coming to terms with the scornful, disconnected views with which men viewed her, deeming that she had stepped out of her “proper place.”
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