Anne Bradstreet’s “dear remains” Children and the Creation of Poetic Legacy

Pietros examines the images of children, both actual and metaphorical, that appear throughout Anne Bradstreet's oeuvre. Pietros situates Bradstreet's poetry and prose about children within the tradition of early modern British poets who used such language to mediate on their poetic legacy....

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Published inEarly modern women Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 48 - 67
Main Author Pietros, Stephanie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies 01.09.2015
Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
The University of Chicago Press
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Summary:Pietros examines the images of children, both actual and metaphorical, that appear throughout Anne Bradstreet's oeuvre. Pietros situates Bradstreet's poetry and prose about children within the tradition of early modern British poets who used such language to mediate on their poetic legacy. Bradstreet explored the paradoxically imitative and autonomous nature of children and the particular challenges that nature poses to poetic legacy, especially for the female poet. In focusing on Bradstreet's place within early modern British traditions, Pietros not only honors Bradstreet's own self-representation but also seeks to challenge the disciplinary boundaries of the academy that may unintentionally obscure continuities between national traditions.
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ISSN:1933-0065
2378-4776
DOI:10.1353/emw.2015.0002