What Is Anne Bradstreet's Role In American Culture
Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet is a very important woman in American Literature, not only in our time now, but in the 1600’s as well. She was one of the most prominent writers of the early English poets of North America. Anne Bradstreet was the first female poet to have been published.
Bradstreet lived in the Puritan Era. Puritans are known for being conservative, repressed, judgmental, deeply religious, and closed minded to anything that didn’t have to do with Puritanism and what they practiced. Puritans had a strong effect in the American culture as a political, social, and cultural force. The Puritans believed that God was working in their daily lives. He was to be on their mind with everything that they did and what they did was through …show more content…
Men were to be thought as the dominant heads of the household. Women were to be considered as obedient to their husbands and nothing more than your common “house wife”. Women weren’t thought to be capable of anything more than just that and husbands shouldn’t expect too much from her. Women weren’t considered to be smart or capable of accomplishing something too big in their lifetime. Bradstreet showed differently. She would write in her downtime. Many would say they she was neglecting her motherly and wifely duties if she had time to write, but she didn’t. She would cook and clean and take care of her husband and children, but instead of sleeping she focused on her …show more content…
Her education gave her advantages that many were not able to achieve in their lifetime. Her family was very well off and wealthy. Bradstreet, by her father, was allowed to learn and write about politics, history, medicine, and theology. He took interest in her developing mind and gave her the time and opportunity that her brothers received. He schooled her in Biblical exegesis, classical history, and analyzation. Most of her poetry is based on her observations of the world around her, focusing heavily on domestic and religious themes. Bradstreet’s father taught her private meditation and to be skeptical of religious leaders; which later on became the foundation of her movement when she moved from England to Massachusetts Bay Colony. Bradstreet’s education is what separated her from most women and was considered to be uniquely unusual for her being a woman of her time for having such an extensive education. Despite the traditional attitude towards woman, she valued her knowledge and intellect and was a free
Anne Bradstreet is a very important woman in American Literature, not only in our time now, but in the 1600’s as well. She was one of the most prominent writers of the early English poets of North America. Anne Bradstreet was the first female poet to have been published.
Bradstreet lived in the Puritan Era. Puritans are known for being conservative, repressed, judgmental, deeply religious, and closed minded to anything that didn’t have to do with Puritanism and what they practiced. Puritans had a strong effect in the American culture as a political, social, and cultural force. The Puritans believed that God was working in their daily lives. He was to be on their mind with everything that they did and what they did was through …show more content…
Men were to be thought as the dominant heads of the household. Women were to be considered as obedient to their husbands and nothing more than your common “house wife”. Women weren’t thought to be capable of anything more than just that and husbands shouldn’t expect too much from her. Women weren’t considered to be smart or capable of accomplishing something too big in their lifetime. Bradstreet showed differently. She would write in her downtime. Many would say they she was neglecting her motherly and wifely duties if she had time to write, but she didn’t. She would cook and clean and take care of her husband and children, but instead of sleeping she focused on her …show more content…
Her education gave her advantages that many were not able to achieve in their lifetime. Her family was very well off and wealthy. Bradstreet, by her father, was allowed to learn and write about politics, history, medicine, and theology. He took interest in her developing mind and gave her the time and opportunity that her brothers received. He schooled her in Biblical exegesis, classical history, and analyzation. Most of her poetry is based on her observations of the world around her, focusing heavily on domestic and religious themes. Bradstreet’s father taught her private meditation and to be skeptical of religious leaders; which later on became the foundation of her movement when she moved from England to Massachusetts Bay Colony. Bradstreet’s education is what separated her from most women and was considered to be uniquely unusual for her being a woman of her time for having such an extensive education. Despite the traditional attitude towards woman, she valued her knowledge and intellect and was a free