美国文学 PPT课件 01 Colonial Literature精选.pptVIP

* Colonial Literature Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not something taste of adversity, prosperitywould not be so welcome.  Anne Bradstreet 安妮·布拉德斯特里特 The tenth Muse of New Land * Anne Bradstreet in her bedroom. Anne Bradstreet * Anne’s life time (1612-1672) The first American poet Religion ：Puritan Good education for 15 years * Married Simon Bradstreet (1628) * Immigrant to the USA （1630） settled on a farm in North Andover, Massachusetts （1644） * Drawing of Anne Bradstreets home, North Andover, Mass * Anne Bradstreet’s extensive literary production was managed along with the task of being a wilderness wife and the mother of eight children. * * The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America (1650). * Anne Bradstreet most famous poems Contemplations (9) 《沉思录》 I heard the merry grasshopper then sing.The black-clad cricket bear a second part;They kept one tune and played on the same string, Seeming to glory in their little art.Shall creatures abject thus their voices raiseAnd in their kind resound their Makers praise, Whilst I, as mute, can warble forth no higher lays? * In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet, Who Deceased August, 1665Anne Bradstreet Farewell, dear babe, my hearts too much content, Farewell sweet babe, the pleasure of mine eye, Farewell fair flower that for a space was lent, Then taken away unto eternity. Blest babe, why should I once bewail thy fate, Or sigh thy days so soon were terminate, Sith thou are settled in an everlasting state. * By nature trees do rot when they are grown, And plums and apples thoroughly ripe do fall, And corn and grass are in their season mown, And time brings down what is both strong and tall. But plants new set to be eradicate, And buds new blown to have so short a date, Is by his hand alone that guides nature and fate. * 别了，亲爱的孩子，我心已安宁， 别了，亲爱的孩子，我眼中的快慰， 别了，美丽的花朵，获短暂的光阴， 然后就被永恒的来世召回。 我为何要哀叹你的命运，