Anna Bradstreet ( English Anne Bradstreet , actually Anna Dudley, English Anne Dudley , c. 1612 , Northampton - September 16, 1672 , Andover, Massachusetts ) - the first American poetess.
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| Birth name | Anne dudley |
| Date of Birth | OK. 1612 |
| Place of Birth | Northampton |
| Date of death | September 16, 1672 |
| Place of death | Andover, Massachusetts |
| Citizenship (citizenship) | |
| Occupation | poetess |
| Genre | religious poems, poems |
| Language of Works | |
Content
Biography
Her father, Thomas Dudley ( 1576 - 1653 ), was in England the administrator of Earl of Lincoln. In 1628, Anna married Simon Bradstreet ( 1603 - 1697 ). In 1630, both families moved to America on the ship "Arabella". Swimming lasted three months. In the New World, his father became the governor of the Massachusetts colony, subsequently he was replaced by Anna's husband in this post.
Anna was notable for poor health, and she had a difficult trip. In 1666, the family suffered a severe fire in which, among other things, almost completely burned out the library of Anna, who received a good education (the library had 800 volumes on history, theology, medicine, and political science); the fire is dedicated to one of Bradstreet's poems. After these events, she developed tuberculosis, she lost her daughter. She was supported by faith, will, and the help of loved ones.
Creativity
Bradstreet's only lifetime book of poems, The Tenth Muse, which recently appeared in America, was published without the author's name in London ( 1650 ). She prepared the publication of Selected Poems, including the most famous poem, “To My Dear and Loving Husband,” which was published in America after her death ( 1678 ). The religious poems of Bradstreet were well-known among the first Puritan settlers who copied them, but later became forgotten and printed only in the middle of the XIX century.
Recognition
The poetess is dedicated to the poem by J. Berryman, “Tribute to Anna Bradstreet” (journal. Publication - 1953 , separate publ. - 1956 ), highly praised by American criticism.
Latest editions
- The complete works of Anne Bradstreet. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1981
Publications in Russian
From "Contemplations" (translated from English by G. Rusakov ; comments by A. Zverev, p. 774 // US Poets: Collection. - M.: Fiction, 1982, p. 36-40.)
- Seeking heaven
- To my dear and loving husband
- The epitaph of my dear and venerable mother
- Poems to her husband on the eve of the birth of one of his children
- In memory of my dear granddaughter Elizabeth Bradstreet /
- To my dear and loving husband [fragment] // Kovaleva I. My poets. M .: Ithaca; Comments, 2006, p. 7
Notes
- B BNF ID : Open Data Platform - 2011.
Literature
- Stanford A. Anne Bradstreet, the worldly Puritan: an introduction to her poetry. New York: B. Franklin, 1974
- Critical essays on Anne Bradstreet / Pattie Cowell, Ann Stanford, eds. Boston: GK Hall, 1983
- Gordon ch. Mistress Bradstreet: the untold life of America's first poet. New York: Little, Brown and Co., 2005
- Zverev A.M. Anna Bradstreet // History of US Literature. T.1: Literature of the colonial period and the era of the War of Independence. XVII — XVIII centuries / RAS; Institute of World Literature A. M. Gorky. M .: Heritage, 1997