African American Literature GLL237 Professor: W.S. Lewis Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784) Phillis Wheatly‚ is remembered as the first issued African American poet. She was born in Senegal in 1753‚ and at age eight was kidnapped and brought to Boston by slave traders. In Boston‚ she was sold to John and Susannah Wheatley. Educated and taught by Susannah Wheatley‚ Phillis Wheatley published her first poem in 1770‚ at age 17. Wheatley went on to publish many poems‚ generally dealing with religion‚ a
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to adulthood. Anne Bradstreet bore eight children who apparently all lived which was unusual‚ her daughter however loses three children all by the age of four. Many women died at a young age during childbirth. It was a fear shared by all women‚ Anne Bradstreet writes of her own apprehension of suffering this fate in her poem “Before the Birth of One of Her Children” “How soon‚ my Dear‚ death may my steps attend‚ How soon’t may be thy lot to lose thy friend‚” (Bradstreet 205). One of her biggest
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refinement 17. Simulate: (v) imitate 18. Transcend: (v) to rise above 19. Umbrage: (N) offence 20. Unctuous: (adj) fatty‚ oily ‚ slimy Study your notes on: 1. Native American Literature 2. Puritan Literature 3. Anne Bradstreet 4. Jonathan Edwards Know the following stories: 1. “The Sky Tree” (p. 20) 2. “Earth Only” (p. 21) 3. “Coyote Finishes his Work” (pp. 22-23) 4. “Blackfeet Genesis” (pp. 24-26) 5. From A Narrative in Captivity (pp. 64-69)
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regard to Christian charity ? The persons‚ The Work‚ The ends‚ and The means. 6. What does Ann Bradstreet compare her love for her husband to? The love for her spouse is more precious than gold. 7.What does she say that they will have to do with their love? She basically says while we both live let’s continue to love and when we die we then will live forever. 8.What did Mary Rowlandson say she would do if the Indians attacked her home? Did she follow through with it?she said that she
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religious‚ and they also believed that any knowledge that man was to have could be found within the Bible. According to the Puritans‚ if a person had a question‚ he or she needed only to search the scriptures for an answer. For example‚ when Anne Bradstreet was searching for an answer as to why her house‚ and all of her possessions‚ had burnt to the ground‚ she looked to scripture‚ and found solace in the idea everything she had‚ including her own life‚ was on lend from God. In the eighteenth century
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that it was wrong to feel sorry for the loss of your house or family‚ because the Puritan belief was that everything is owned by God. Anne considered herself lucky because she was left with the most important thing of all; her life (Chin 78). Anne Bradstreet most captured my attention with her writing style and her pure love of God. Puritans believed that “if God should let you go‚ you would immediately sink and swiftly descend and plunge into the bottomless gulf” (Chin 103). It was easy for the British
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revelation‚ God will have a “heavy affliction” and positive affect on the people and “the land” on which they settled (Winthrop 75). This would in turn make the new world a pure and holy society. Other authors such as William Bradford and Anne Bradstreet (the first published female American author)‚ wrote on religion‚ Puritan’s views‚ and God’s influence on early
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Although some people choose not to discuss it‚ death is one of the biggest mysteries in the world. Since no one can be sure what happens after death‚ many theories have been presented throughout the years about this phenomenon. Today and throughout all of history‚ there have been many different groups that have had their own ideas about death. Specifically‚ in the late 1500s to the early 1800s‚ the Puritans‚ Revolutionaries‚ and Romantics each had their own different and unique views of death that
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Essay One: What is an American? At the center of this course is the question of “identity.” Not only will we be talking about American Identity in general‚ but our course will often focus in on the conflict between what society expects versus individual identity and individual expression. In “Letter III: What is an American‚” Crevecoeur asks the question and provides this answer: What then is the American‚ this new man? He is either a European‚ or the descendant of a European‚ hence
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Dr. Owen H. Jones History 2112 20 September 2011 The Sovereignty and Goodness of God (Question 1) It is believed that Mary Rowlandson‚ a Puritan‚ was writing mainly to her beloved church of Puritan believers and to the Colony of Massachusetts. This conclusion can be made by examining Puritan beliefs and lifestyle. In this time‚ Puritan’s believed that God had already chosen His ‘elect’ or ‘saints’ at the beginning of creation. In order to be recognized as the ‘elect’ of God
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