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  To My Dear and Loving Husband

  Editor:Mary RubyFrom:Poetry for Students (Vol. 6. )

  199914 pages Poem explanation, Cr... Anne Bradstreet 1678 “To My Dear and Loving Husband” was written between 1641 and 1643 by Anne Bradstreet, America’s first published poet. This poem offers modern readers insights into Puritan attitudes toward love,...
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  “To My Dear and Loving Husband”

  Editor:Jennifer StockFrom:American Eras: Primary Sources (Vol. 7: The Colonial Era, 1600–1754. )

  20153 pages Work overview Poem By: Anne Bradstreet Date: 1678 Source: Bradstreet, Anne. “To My Dear and Loving Husband.” In Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, Full of Delight. Boston: John Foster, 1678, 240....
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  Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666

  Editor:Sara ConstantakisFrom:Poetry for Students (Vol. 33. )

  201022 pages Poem explanation, Ex... ANNE BRADSTREET 1678 Anne Bradstreet, a seventeenth-century New England colonial woman, achieved fame when a family member had her privately circulated poems published in England. The collection, The Tenth Muse Lately...
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  Women and Education, Literature, and Recreation

  Author:Merril D. SmithFrom:Women's Roles in Seventeenth-Century America

  200821 pages Topic overview In early modern Europe, most people did not know how to read and write, and very few children attended schools. Yet both boys and girls received instruction or training suitable to their status and future plans. In some...
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  Women and the Family

  Author:Merril D. SmithFrom:Women's Roles in Seventeenth-Century America

  200826 pages Topic overview Family The primary role of most seventeenth-century white women in America was that of wife and mother. Indeed, most women's lives centered on the household and family. Whether mistress of a well-to-do household or wife...
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  Johnson, Anne Bradstreet

  Editor:Andrea Kovacs HendersonFrom:American Men & Women of Science: A Biographical Directory of Today's Leaders in Physical, Biological, and Related Sciences (Vol. 4. 27^th ed.)

  20101 page Biography NEUROPATHOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCES. Personal Data: b Boston, Mass, March 5, 1927; m 1948, Jack; c Ellen & Paul. Education: Cornell Univ, BA, 1948, MD, 1951. Honors & Awards: Moore Awards, Am Asn Neuropathologists....
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  Poetry and Memoir

  Editor:Paula S. FassFrom:Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood: In History and Society (Vol. 3. )

  20049 pages Excerpt, Topic overv... SOURCE: Bradstreet, Anne. 1678. Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning. Boston: Printed by John Foster. Historically, one of the greatest dangers facing children has been the death of a parent....
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  Scientific Child Rearing

  Author:JULIA GRANTFrom:Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood: In History and Society (Vol. 3. )

  20043 pages Topic overview The origins of scientific child rearing in the United States are diverse and may be traced back as far as the seventeenth century, when poet and mother of seven children Anne Bradstreet theorized: "Diverse children have...
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  Dolle, Raymond F.

  Editor:Lisa KumarFrom:The Writers Directory 2011 (Vol. 1. 26^th ed.)

  20101 page Biography American (born United States), b. 1952. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Writing/Journalism, Travel/Exploration. Career: Pennsylvania State University, lecturer in English, 1985-86; Indiana State University,...
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  Overview

  Editor:Jennifer StockFrom:American Eras: Primary Sources (Vol. 7: The Colonial Era, 1600–1754. )

  20152 pages Topic overview At the time when Europeans began colonizing North America, the art world in Europe was flourishing. Europe was a center of visual, literary, and musical creativity. England's William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was still in...
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  “The Day of Doom” (Excerpt)

  Editor:Jennifer StockFrom:American Eras: Primary Sources (Vol. 7: The Colonial Era, 1600–1754. )

  20153 pages Work overview Poem By: Michael Wigglesworth Date: 1662 Source: Wigglesworth, Michael. “The Day of Doom.” Originally written in 1662. Reprinted in The Day of Doom; or a Poetical Description of the Last and Great Judgment: With...
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  Hoehne, Marcia

  Editor:Lisa KumarFrom:The Writers Directory 2011 (Vol. 1. 26^th ed.)

  20101 page Biography American (born United States), b. 1951. Genres: Children's fiction, Young adult fiction, Young adult non-fiction. Career: Kaukauna Public Schools, paraprofessional, 1970-73; Kaukauna Public Library, affiliated, 1975-79;...
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  The Arts

  Editor:Jennifer StockFrom:American Eras: Primary Sources (Vol. 7: The Colonial Era, 1600–1754. )

  20152 pages Topic overview, Brie... PRIMARY SOURCES 1616 work in which John Smith describes his exploration of the coast of Massachusetts and Maine two years earlier Excerpt from Michael Wigglesworth's 1662 poem, widely considered to be America's first...
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  Women and Immigration

  Author:Merril D. SmithFrom:Women's Roles in Seventeenth-Century America

  200820 pages Topic overview The seventeenth century was a time of large-scale immigration and migration. However, little is known about the individual lives of the vast numbers who immigrated. For women, this is particularly true. Unless their...
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  Showalter, Elaine

  Editor:Lisa KumarFrom:The Writers Directory 2011 (Vol. 2. 26^th ed.)

  20101 page Biography American (born United States), b. 1941. Genres: Gay and lesbian issues, Literary criticism and history, Women's studies and issues. Career: Rutgers University, Douglass College, professor of English; Princeton...
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  The American Dream: Overview

  Editor:Anne Marie HachtFrom:Literary Themes for Students: The American Dream (Vol. 1. )

  200721 pages Topic overview In 1965, "The Impossible Dream," theme song from Man of La Mancha, a Broadway musical based on the novel The Adventures of Don Quixote (1604) by Miguel de Cervantes, reflected not only the undying optimism of protagonist...
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  Women of the Colonial Period

  Author:Amy Meschke PorterFrom:Women's Rights: People and Perspectives

  201016 pages Topic overview From the late 16th century to the late 18th century, women came to the present-day United States from England, Spain, France, the Netherlands, other European countries, and Africa. Women's experiences in colonial America...
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  Violence Against Children

  Author:BARBARA FINKELSTEINFrom:Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood: In History and Society (Vol. 3. )

  20043 pages Topic overview Violence against children went unnoticed for centuries in Western society. Prior to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Europe, as historians have suggested, the age of a child constituted no guarantee and little...
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  Puritanism

  Author:Francis J. BremerFrom:Encyclopedia of Religion (Vol. 11. 2^nd ed.)

  20054 pages Topic overview PURITANISM. In its most common historical usage Puritanism refers to a movement within English Protestantism in both the British Isles and colonial America. Some historians, identifying the essence of Puritanism as a...
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  Dream Song 29

  Editor:Ira Mark MilneFrom:Poetry for Students (Vol. 27. )

  200828 pages Poem explanation, Cr... JOHN BERRYMAN1964 "Dream Song 29," by American poet John Berryman, was first published in 77 Dream Songs in 1964. The collection was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Several years later, Berryman published more dream songs...