Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612-72), who was the first poet, male or female, from America to have a book of poems published: The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America appeared in 1650. Although she had been born in England in 1612, by the 1660s Bradstreet was living in Andover, Massachusetts. […]
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11 Important and Interesting Facts about Anne Bradstreet
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Anne Bradstreet (1612-72) holds a special place in American literature, and has a notable claim to fame. Her life as one of the first immigrants to the New World in the 1630s helped to inform the poetry she wrote, which often deals with everyday […]
A Short Analysis of Anne Bradstreet’s ‘To Her Father with Some Verses’
Anne Bradstreet (1612-72) was the first poet, male or female, from America to have a book of poems published. As well as penning a touching poem about her husband, Bradstreet also wrote this poem, ‘To Her Father with Some Verses’, in honour of her father. Before we offer some words […]
‘Upon the Burning of Our House’: A Poem by Anne Bradstreet
In 1666, a great fire consumed much of the considerable library of books owned by Anne Bradstreet (1612-72), the first poet from the New World to have a book of poems published. This happened in July 1666 – two months before that other great fire that would destroy much of […]
A Short Analysis of Anne Bradstreet’s ‘The Author to Her Book’
A reading of a poem by America’s first poet Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) was the first person in America, male or female, to have a volume of poems published. She’d been born in England, but was among a group of early English settlers in Massachusetts in the 1630s. In 1650, a […]