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ANNE DUDLEY BRADSTREET (c1612-1672) Anne Bradstreet was born in England, c. 1612-13, daughter to Thomas Dudley.[1] She would marry a man by the name of Simon Bradstreet in 1628. In 1630[2] she and her husband would make the long and dangerous voyage to the New World. To survive in her harsh new setting she would often turn as many early settlers did to her faith in God. Anne would also turn to writing poetry, much of which revolves around her family, friends, and events which occurred in daily Puritan life. John Woodbridge,[3] Anne’s brother-in-law secretly copied many of Anne’s works and brought them to England for publication in 1650, this was done without Anne’s permission due to Anne not wanting her work to be publicized. The resulting book The Tenth Muse Sprung Up in America, By a Gentlewoman of Those Parts,[4] did fairly well in England. This though would be the last of Anne’s works published during her life, she would die in 1672[5], her work though would live on, and many of her poems would be published posthumously. Anne is buried in Andover Massachusetts. What though is her link to Salem? Her husband Simon Bradstreet became a colonial Governor for Massachusetts Bay Colony, and would move to Salem after he married his second wife Anne (Downing) Gardner on June 6, 1676. Simon would die in 1697 and would be buried in the Charter Street Cemetery in Salem, his second wife would later also be buried with him after her death. Simon’s first wife Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet, perhaps America’s first poet, her status though as the first poet in the New World is difficult to confirm. What is for certain is that her writings would be read for centuries after her death, and provide a glimpse into a life so drastically different from our own, here now is a sampling of her poetry.
Return to the Educational Center's Table of Contents In Text Citations (Click citation number to return to that portion of the text): [1] Members of the Department of English at the University of Toronto, “Selected Poetry of Anne Bradstreet (ca. 1612-1672), 2003, <http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poet27.html> (8 January 2005). [2] “Anne Bradstreet,” 2002 <http://www.annebradstreet.com/anne_bradstreet_bio_001.htm> (8 January 2005) [3] “Anne Bradstreet,” 2002 <http://www.annebradstreet.com/anne_bradstreet_bio_002.htm> (8 January 2005) [4] “Anne Bradstreet,” 2002 <http://www.annebradstreet.com/anne_bradstreet_bio_002.htm> (8 January 2005) [5] Members of the Department of English at the University of Toronto, “Selected Poetry of Anne Bradstreet (ca. 1612-1672), 2003, <http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poet27.html> (8 January 2005). |
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