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Episode 9: Anne Bradstreet, In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet
October 27th, 2020 | Season 1 | 14 mins 52 secs
anne bradstreet, doubt, elegy, faith, in memory of my dear grandchild elizabeth bradstreet, multiple voices, puritan, repetition, sonnet
This week we read Anne Bradstreet's elegy for her grandchild Elizabeth and draw out the multiple voices (both faith and doubt, both grief and consolation) and the tensions and deep emotions in the work of this talented Puritan poet--the first woman from British North America to publish a book of poems.