美国文学 Anne Bradstreet.ppt

Part One Colonial Literature;Features of Colonial Poets;Anne Bradstreet;;Her father was a soldier and Mother was a lady of noble heritage. Both of them were well educated. she grew up in cultured circumstances Anne was well tutored in literature, history, Greek, Latin, French, Hebrew, and English and dance, etc. (8 tutors) She married a young man, her coworker, Simon Bradstreet, when she was 16 and he was 25 In 1630, sailed with family to New Continent by ship Arbella with the Capitan, Winthrop;The colonists fight for survival had become daily routine, and the climate, lack of food, and primitive living arrangements made it very difficult for Anne to adapt into new and difficult life Both her father and husband were governors of Massachusetts Bay Colony ;Despite her poor health, she had eight children, and loved them dearly. Simon eventually came to prosper in the new land, and for a while it seemed things would not be so bad Anne herself was frequently ill and survived to be 60 years old. ;;;Because of the tendency of the Puritans to exile female intellectuals, Anne was hesitant to publish any of her poetry. Her brother took some of her early poems to England (legendarily against her will) and published them as The Tenth Muse 希腊第十个谬斯Lately Sprung Up in America when she was 38. It sold very well. ; Her Quotes ;Let Greeks be Greeks, and Women what they areMen have precedence and still excel;It is but vain unjustly to wage war.Men can do best, and women know it well,Preeminence in all and each is yours;Yet grant some small acknowledgment of ours;Her poems;To My Dear and Loving Husband;To My Dear and Loving Husband;question;Poetic features : repetition;In memory of my dear grand-child Elizabeth Bradstreet, who deceased August, 1665.being a year and half old ? ? ? ? ? 1Farewel dear babe, my hearts too much content,Farewel sweet babe, the pleasure of mine eye,Farewel fair flower that for a space was lent,Then