anne-bradstreet

AnneBradstreet(1612–1672)安妮·布拉德斯特里特ByRenSihuiinGroup1AnneBradstreetIntroduction:LifeExperienceMajorWorksWritingStyleSummaryLifeexperience:•AnnewasborninNorthampton,England,1612,thedaughterofThomasDudley.astewardoftheEarlofLincoln(林肯伯爵).•Duetoherfamily'sposition,shegrewupinculturedcircumstancesandwasawell-educatedwomanforhertime,beingtutoredinhistory,severallanguagesandliterature.•AttheageofsixteenshemarriedSimonBradstreet.BothAnne‘sfatherandhusbandwerelatertoserveasgovernorsoftheMassachusettsBayColony.（马萨诸塞州殖民地）EmigrationCharlestown,MassachusettsPioneerVillage(Salem,Massachusetts)先锋村Boston,Massachusetts查尔斯镇波士顿（山上之城）CharlesRiverCambridge,Massachusetts坎布里奇安多弗ShefirsttouchedAmericansoilonJune14,1630atwhatisnowPioneerVillagewithSimon,herparentsandothervoyagersaspartofthePuritanmigrationtoNewEngland(1620–1640).（1620-1640年大移民）Andover,MassachusettssouthalongthecoastIn1632,Annehadherfirstchild,Samuel,inNeweTowne.Despitepoorhealth,shehadeightchildreninherlife.Havingpreviouslybeenafflictedwithsmallpox(天花)asateenagerinEngland,Annewouldonceagainfallpreyto(深受…之害)illnessasparalysis(麻痹)overtookherjointsinlateryears.Intheearly1640s,Simononceagainpressedhiswife,pregnantwithhersixthchild,thentheymovetoAndoverParishandresidedintheOldCenterofNorthAndover.Lifeexperience:OnJuly10,1666,theirNorthAndoverfamilyhomeburnedinafirethatlefttheBradstreetshomelessandwithfewpersonalbelongings.Bythen,Anne‘shealthwasslowlyfailing.Shesufferedfromtuberculosis(肺结核)andhadtodealwiththelossofcherishedrelatives.•AnneBradstreetdiedonSeptember16,1672inNorthAndover,Massachusettsattheageof60.•ThepreciselocationofhergraveisuncertainbutmanyhistoriansbelieveherbodyisintheOldBuryingGroundinNorthAndover.Anne’sDeath:MemorialmarkerforAnneBradstreetintheOldNorthParishBurialGround,NorthAndover,Massachusetts•NaturewasalargepartoflifeduringthePuritanerabecausethesocietyreliedonnaturetoprovideforthepeople.AnneBradstreetwritesinadifferentformatthanotherwritesofhertime.Herpoemsofreligiousexperienceanddomesticintimacy(家庭亲情)wereuniqueandgenuine,delicateandcharming,whichmakesformorerealliterature,embodyingherprofoundunderstandingofreligionandhumanity.ThemeBackgroundTone•Exceptsarcastic,herpoemsareusuallywritteninahopefulandpositivetonealthoughAnneenduredmanyhardshipsinherlife.•Theroleofwomen，mortalityarecommonthemefoundinBradstreet'spoems.ShealsochallengedPuritanbeliefs.WritingStyleMajorworks:TheFleshandtheSpirit《肉与灵》ToMyDearandLovingHusband《献给我亲爱的丈夫》Allthingswithinthisfadingworldhathend《人世正凋萎，万物有终极》WithtroubledheartandtremblinghandIwrite《心痛手颤写诗句》Contemplations(poem)《沉思集》TheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmerica《第十位缪斯新近在美洲出现》ThoughtsbeforedeliveringbabyThedeathofagrandsonMajorworks:TheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmerica(firstedition)《第十位缪斯新近在美洲出现》Bradstreet‘sbrother-in-law,JohnWoodbridge,sailedtoEngland,carryinghermanuscriptofpoetry.AnnedidnotknowWoodbridgewasgoingtopublishhermanuscript.In1650,JohnWoodbridgehadTheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmericacomposedby“AGentlewomanfromThoseParts“(“美国的一位淑女)publishedinLondon,makingAnnethefirstfemalepoeteverpublishedinbothEnglandandtheNewWorld.Majorworks:Contemplations(poem)《沉思集》Shewoncriticalacceptanceinthe20thcenturyasawriterofenduringverse,particularlyforhersequenceofreligiouspoemsContemplations,whichwaswrittenforherfamilyandnotpublisheduntilthemid-19thcentury.Itwasknownasthemasterpiece,whichwasattachedimportanceto(重视)bythefieldofliterarycriticisminthe20thcentury.Majorworks:ToMyDearandLovingHusband《献给我亲爱的丈夫》ToMyDearandLovingHusband——AnneBradstreetIfevertwowereone,thensurelywe.Ifevermanwerelov’dbywife,thenthee;Ifeverwifewashappyinaman,Comparewithmeyemomenifyoucan.IprizethylovemorethanwholeMinesofgold,OralltherichesthattheEastdothhold.MyloveissuchthatRiverscannotquench,Noroughtbutlovefromthee,giverecompence.ThyloveissuchIcannowayrepay,TheheavensrewardtheemanifoldIpray.Thenwhilewelive,inloveletssopersever,Thatwhenwelivenomore,wemayliveever.如果曾经两人默契，那是我和你。如果有丈夫被妻子钟爱，那就是你；如果有妻子与丈夫幸福温馨，同我比一比，女士们，如果可能。我珍惜你的爱胜过黄金矿藏，胜过东方拥有的无尽宝藏，我的爱百川之水不能浇熄，除了你的爱，别无它物能够平抑。你的爱如此丰盛我无法回报，只能祈求上天给予你许多酬劳。在世之时，让我们如此相亲相爱，百年之后，我们才能使生命永在。Bradstreetwrotethispoemasaresponsetoherhusband'sabsence.Majorworks:ToMyDearandLovingHusband《献给我亲爱的丈夫》ToMyDearandLovingHusband——AnneBradstreetIfevertwowereone,thensurelywe.Ifevermanwerelov’dbywife,thenthee;Ifeverwifewashappyinaman,Comparewithmeyemomenifyoucan.IprizethylovemorethanwholeMinesofgold,OralltherichesthattheEastdothhold.MyloveissuchthatRiverscannotquench,Noroughtbutlovefromthee,giverecompence.ThyloveissuchIcannowayrepay,TheheavensrewardtheemanifoldIpray.Thenwhilewelive,inloveletssopersever,Thatwhenwelivenomore,wemayliveever.•MarriageplayedalargeroleinthelivesofPuritanwomen.•ThePuritansbelievedthatsincemarriageisordainedbyGod,thenitisagiftfromGod.Sheloveshergiftsomuchthatthroughtheuseofherpoetry,sheisabletoexpressherloveforGod'sgifttoherhusband.ToBradstreet,herhusband'sloveisworthmorethansomeofthebesttreasuresthatthisearthhastooffer.Shealsomakesitapointtoshowtoherhusbandthatnothingcanfillthelovethatshehasforherhusba