Anne Bradstreet, the worldly Puritan
Subtitle: an introduction to her poetry
By: by Ann Stanford.
Publisher: B. Franklin
Published: 1975
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
Subjects: Bradstreet, Anne, 1612?-1672 -- Criticism and interpretation; Christian poetry, American -- History and criticism; Women and literature -- New England -- History -- 17th century; Puritans -- New England -- Intellectual life; Puritan movements in literature
Description: Like other true poets, Anne Bradstreet enlivened the conventions she received, transforming them into a unique and vigorous instrument. But she did not use that instrument for small or temporary ends. Her work is very much a whole. This study aims to look at the whole body of her poetry as she encountered prevailing literary forms and fashioned them into a personal voice for an ever deepening argument between the world she knew and the promise of a greater world to come. - Preface.
Notes: "Selected bibliography of works by and about Anne Bradstreet": p. 145-149.
Includes index.