Anne Bradstreet: America’s First Female Poet
In the late 1620s, a young Englishwoman sailed for America with her parents and husband. They landed at the Massachusetts Bay Colony, America’s Puritan settlement. … Read more
In the late 1620s, a young Englishwoman sailed for America with her parents and husband. They landed at the Massachusetts Bay Colony, America’s Puritan settlement. … Read more
Anne Bradstreet and Phyllis Wheatley are, respectively, the first and third published female writers in America. The surprise to those unfamiliar with these writers comes … Read more
Emily Dickinson’s poem “202 (185)” was originally sent to Samuel Bowles in a letter that is often referred to as Letter 220. Samuel Bowles became … Read more
Anne Bradstreet is perhaps one of the most well known American Puritans. Born Anne Dudley in Northampton, England in 1612, Bradstreet was one of the … Read more
There’s a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weight Of cathedral tunes. Heavenly hurt it gives us; We can find … Read more
The feminist movement in the world of literature has had a past made up of struggles to be heard by the male-dominated mainstream and attempts … Read more