Bibliograph

Mistress Bradstreet, the untold life of America's first poet, Charlotte Gordon

Type

Label

Mistress Bradstreet, the untold life of America's first poet, Charlotte Gordon

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-328) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

platesmapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mistress Bradstreet

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

56608308

Responsibility statement

Charlotte Gordon

Sub title

the untold life of America's first poet

Summary

This [book offers] the gripping story of a woman and poet of great feeling struggling to find a language to describe the country in which she finds herself. It also offers a rich and complex portrait of early America, the Puritans, and the trials and values whose legacy continues to shape our country to the present day. -Dust jacket

Table Of Contents

Preface -- Arrival -- Lilies and thorns -- Sempringham -- A man of exemplary discretion and fidelity -- God is leaving England -- preparedness -- Our appointed time -- The crossing -- New world, new manners -- Upon my son -- Enemies within -- Ipswich -- Such things as belong to women -- Old England and new -- Now sister, pray proceed -- Foolish, broken, blemished muse -- The tenth muse -- Farewell, dear child -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Target audience

adult

Classification