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    Anne ‘Dudley” Bradstreet lived an extravagant and successful life. She was born March 20th, 1612 in Northampton. She had a British nationality and was considered to be a serious poet. Spending a lot of time in the library, she better understood literature. Anne graduated from Cambridge University at age sixteen. Two years later at age eighteen, she left England with her family and the Winthrop Puritan Group and settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Bradstreet was the daughter of Dorothy Yorke and Thomas

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    Anne Dudley in 1612 in Northampton shire, England to a nonconformist former soldier of Queen Elizabeth, Thomas Dudley, who managed the affairs of the Earl of Lincoln. Anne had been well tutored in literature and history in Greek, Latin, French, Hebrew, as well as English. She married Simon Bradstreet, a graduate of Cambridge University, at the age of 16. Two years later, Bradstreet, along with her husband and parents, immigrated to America with the John Winthrop Puritan group, and the family settled

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    Anne Bradstreet was born in England in 1612. At the age of sixteen Anne married her beloved husband Simon Bradstreet. In June 14, 1630 Anne and Simon along with her parents immigrated to America. Once in America, they lived in Pioneer Village in Salem, Massachusetts. Anne Bradstreet was one of the most prominent English poets of North America and also the first female writer in the British North American colonies to be published. She is also the most prominent Puritan Figure in American Literature

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    Anne Bradstreet married her father’s assistant, Simon Bradstreet, upon which she began to use her husband’s surname of Bradstreet (Eberwein 161). Consequent to their nuptials, Simon Bradstreet moved into the Earl’s house to live with Anne and her family (“Anne Bradstreet”). In May of 1630, Bradstreet embarked on the Arbella for a protracted, two-month journey with her husband and parents (Gordon 3). Bradstreet encountered sickness, hunger, and squalid living conditions throughout her journey (“Anne

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    SAAD ALDAKHEEL 10/19/2017 American literature How Anne Bradstreet confronts puritan view of gender Anna Bradstreet grows up in a healthy family. She was the daughter of Thomas Dudley who is the manager of the country estate of the Puritan Earl of Lincoln. Anna Bradstreet got married at the age of 16 to the young Simon Bradstreet who was working with Anna father. Anna Bradstreet never went to school but her father always taught her and gave her an education. It that time many women didn’t have an

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    to a very successful career that would change the literary world for years to come. Anne Bradstreet was born on March 20, 1612 in the town of Northampton, England (“Bradstreet Biography”). She was born into the highly educated household of Thomas Dudley and Dorothy Yorke (“Bradstreet

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    Puritan religion, one cannot love anything more than one loves God. In the case of John Winthrop, this edict became an issue. He did not want to abandon the Church of England as the separatists did, a decision which eventually led to the pilgrims starting their own new church. Winthrop wanted to purify the church; however, the government in England made this particularly hard and eventually this is what led to Winthrop leaving England for the New World to solve the Puritan Dilemma. The Puritan Dilemma

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    Anne Bradstreet was born Anne Dudley in 1916 to Thomas Dudley and Dorothy Yorke, as some sources say. Anne spent her childhood in Northampton, United Kingdom learning literature and five different languages such as: Greek, English, Hebrew,Latin,and French. As a child Anne had rheumatic fever which gave way to many illness in her lifetime. At the young age 16 Anne married Simon Bradstreet while she still resided in England. Simon and Anne lived two years in England while married before they moved

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    readings is Christianity. John Winthrop was chosen to be the leader of the Puritan society, which is a form of Christianity, to be established in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1702). He delivered a sermon called A Model of Christian Charity which was later transformed into a composition, and it remains iconic to this day. Bradstreet was a poet before the time of Winthrop who primary wrote works relating to religion, specifically Christianity, similar to Winthrop. Her husband, Simon Bradstreet,

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    Thomas and Dorothy Dudley. Despite the fact that she did not attend school, she was well educated compared to other girls in her time period. She received this education from her father, Thomas. At the age 16, she got married to Simon Bradstreet. Simon Bradstreet graduated from Cambridge University and assisted Anne’s father with the management of the Earl’s estate in Sempringham. Two years after Anne married Simon Bradstreet; Simon, she, and parents immigrated to America with a Winthrop Puritan group

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