Anne Bradstreet

* Woodbridge, "Kind Reader" (John Woodbridge's Introduction to Bradstreet's The Tenth Muse--Class Handout)

* Selected Anne Bradstreet Poems:

• "The Prologue"
• "Contemplations"
• "The Flesh and the Spirit"
• "The Author to Her Book"
• "Before the Birth of One of Her Children"
• "In Reference to Her Children"
• "In Memory...Elizabeth Bradstreet"
• "In Memory...Anne Bradstreet"
• "On My Dear...Simon Bradstreet"

Topics Discussed:

* Two Voices: Mistress Bradstreet vs. Anne
* Conflicted Views: Nature, Family, Religion/God and Mortal World
* Role of Gender: Views of Womanhood, Views of Men, Bradstreet as Woman Writer