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  2. The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America - Wikipedia

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    Many critics believe that Bradstreet was a woman who pushed the boundaries of her religion. Fortunately for her, she did not suffer negative consequences like Anne Hutchinson, who was also a Puritan writer of her time. [3] Other writers such as Ann Stanford and Samuel Eliot Morison have also critiqued The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America.

  3. Anne Bradstreet - Wikipedia

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    Anne was born in Northampton, England in 1612, the daughter of Thomas Dudley, a steward of the Earl of Lincoln, and Dorothy Yorke. [6]Due to her family's position, she grew up in cultured circumstances and was a well-educated woman for her time, being tutored in history, several languages, and literature.

  4. Elizabeth Wade White - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth Wade White at age 18 in 1924 at Westover School. Elizabeth Wade White (June 8, 1906 – December 11, 1994) was an American writer, poet, and activist. [1] She was a lover of Valentine Ackland and wrote The Life of Anne Bradstreet: The Tenth Muse, about the early American poet and first American writer to be published in the Thirteen Colonies.

  5. Verses upon the Burning of Our House - Wikipedia

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    Bradstreet feels guilty that she is hurt from losing earthly possessions. It is against her belief that she should feel this way; showing she is a sinner. Her deep puritan beliefs brought her to accept that the loss of material was a spiritually necessary occurrence. She reminds herself that her future, and anything that has value, lies in heaven.

  6. Prologue - Wikipedia

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    A prologue or prolog (from Greek πρόλογος prólogos, from πρό pró, "before" and λόγος lógos, "word") is an opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier story that ties into the main one, and other miscellaneous information.

  7. Contemplations (poem) - Wikipedia

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    "Contemplations" is a 17th-century poem by English colonist Anne Bradstreet. The poem's meaning is debated, with some scholars arguing that it is a Puritan religious poem while others argue that it is a Romantic poem .

  8. Bibliotheca historica - Wikipedia

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    The Prologue announces the importance of cohesion within narratives - a book or chapter should, if possible, narrate an entire story from start to finish. It then transitions into praise of Philip II, whose involvement in the Third Sacred War and resulting rise are the main subjects of the book.

  9. Talk:Unforgiven - Wikipedia

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    The prologue text is the first scene in the film and is very important for setting the opening emotional subtext of the film. The epilogue text is the final scene and links back to the prologue text. Both the prologue and epilogue text provide the starting and ending emotional subtext that frames the entire film.