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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Anne Bradstreet

For Students 9th - 10th
Basic biographical information about Anne Bradstreet, one of the first poets to write English verse in the American colonies. Content includes two of her poems: "The Prologue" and "To My Dear and Loving Husband."
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Cavalier and Puritan

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A wonderful website with a plethora of links to information on poets, Cavalier writers, the Sacred poets, the origin of the couplet, the lesser Caroline poets, as well as political writing.
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of Anne Bradstreet

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Biographical information about Anne Bradstreet's life. Includes details about her works and their publication history. Includes a brief bibliography and the text of eleven of her works.
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Bill Carson

Puritan and Reformed Writings: The Poems of Edward Taylor

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Biographical information with an emphasis on personality and poetic themes of Edward Taylor. Contains a list, opening lines, and links to Taylor's major works. Contains quotations from critics.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: "At a Vacation Exercise" by John Milton

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the original, online text of the poem "At a Vacation Exercise" by John Milton. Cursor down for the text.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: "To Sir Henry Vane the Younger" by John Milton

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the original, online text of the poem "To Sr Henry Vane the Younger" by John Milton.
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Georgetown University

Georgetown Unversity: Edward Taylor

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Very extensive site that contains information about Taylor's "major themes, historical perspectives, and personal issues" as well as poetic style, form, and artistic conventions. Contains analysis of "Huswifery," as well as other Taylor...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Simonds History of American Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site presents the full text of the "Simonds History of American Literature." This detailed reference book explores the literature in early colonial times, the eighteenth century, the beginning of the nineteenth century, the New...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: English in Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
This Bibliomania site surveys the literary history of the English in colonial Virginia. Includes analysis of the work of Captain John Smith, William Strachey, and George Sandys. Links to other notes about early American literature.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Anne Bradstreet

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Biographical information and details about the themes and style of Bradstreet's poetry. Includes quotations from her poem "To My Dear and Loving Husband."
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Early American Literature: "Verses Upon the Burning of Our House"

For Students 9th - 10th
"Verses upon the Burning of our House" (July 10, 1666) is a poem by Anne Bradstreet. She wrote it to express the traumatic loss of her home and most of her material. However, she expands the understanding that God had taken them away in...
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Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth University: Biography of Anne Bradstreet by Ann Woodlief

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a very good biography of Anne Bradstreet. The site contains one picture of a painting as well.
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Other

University of South Florida: Emily Dickinson: "I Dwell in Possibility"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Four peer-reviewed essays by university students analyzing aspects of Dickinson's poem, "I dwell in Possibility." One essay reveals that Dickinson developed her own philosophy that bridges the conflict between Puritanism and...