Anne Bradstreet
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 17th and 18th Centuries
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Poetry, Poets
- Curriculum: Women’s History, American Colonial History (1607-1775)
Article abstract: Not only the first American woman poet, Anne Bradstreet ranks as the first true American poet of either sex.
Early Life
Although no record of Anne Bradstreet’s birth survives, she was the daughter of Thomas and Dorothy Dudley of Northampton, England, and according to a reference in one of her poems she must have been born in 1612. Her father, though not highly educated, was a substantial man who valued books and learning. Dorothy, apparently also literate, probably taught her daughter religion, and the Dudley children grew up with...
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