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Christian : Protestant

17th Century

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Anne Bradstreet

Timeline (1612 - 1672)

Poems by Anne Bradstreet
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Anne Bradsteet was the first published poet in colonial America.

She came to Massachussetts at age 18 with her new husband and her parents. Her father was governor of the colony and, later, her husband assumed the same office. She eventually gave birth to eight children.

Her poems speak of marriage, love, passion, and loss from the perspective of a woman of the American colonies -- yet there is often a hint something deeper, as well. More than simple religious devotionalism, there is the suggestion of mystical experience that colors her view of life.

Poems by Anne Bradstreet

There is a path no vulture's eye hath seen, (from The Vanity of All Worldly Things)

Recommended Books

	American Triptych: Anne Bradstreet, Emily Dickinson, and Adrienne Rich, by Wendy Martin Amazon.com
	Poetry for the Spirit: Poems of Universal Wisdom and Beauty, Edited by Alan Jacobs Amazon.com
	To My Husband and Other Poems: (Dover Thrift Editions) , by Anne Bradstreet / Edited by Robert Hutchinson Amazon.com
	Women in Praise of the Sacred: 43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women, Edited by Jane Hirshfield Amazon.com
	The Works of Anne Bradstreet, by Anne Bradstreet / Edited by Jeannie Hensley Amazon.com

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Anne Bradstreet

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