摘要
Anne Bradstreet,the first American poet,is popular among the puritan community.Yet a close examination of her poetry reveals her belying inconsistency with the Puritan values.While Puritan community devoted itself to the religious,disliked virtually every kind of recreation including literature and prejudiced against the female,Anne Bradstreet passionately expresses the secular pains and joys and firmly asserts the role of the poetry and the female.Her popularity among the Puritans both proves a success of her strategy and indicates Puritan society’s certain flexibility and tolerance.
Anne Bradstreet, the first American poet, is popular among the puritan community. Yet a close examination of her po?etry reveals her belying inconsistency with the Puritan values. While Puritan community devoted itself to the religious, disliked virtually every kind of recreation including literature and prejudiced against the female, Anne Bradstreet passionately expresses the secular pains and joys and firmly asserts the role of the poetry and the female. Her popularity among the Puritans both proves a success of her strategy and indicates Puritan society’s certain flexibility and tolerance.
出处
《海外英语》
2014年第22期202-203,共2页
Overseas English
