The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America

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The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America is a collection of poems by Anne Bradstreet, first published in 1650. Bradstreet, one of the earliest English poets in the American colonies, wrote this work while managing domestic duties and raising eight children. The collection, initially published without her knowledge by her brother-in-law in England, includes imitative poems based on contemporary conventions, as well as more personal pieces reflecting her spiritual growth and family life. Modern critics recognize her enduring verse, particularly her religious poems like "Contemplations". The work is considered a significant early contribution to American literature.12

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American literature
The 17th century
…wrote some lyrics published in The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America (1650), which movingly conveyed her feelings concerning religion and her family. Ranked still higher by modern critics is a poet whose works were not discovered and published until 1939: Edward Taylor, an English-born minister and physician who…
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…wrote some lyrics published in The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America (1650), which movingly conveyed her feelings concerning religion and her family. Ranked still higher by modern critics is a poet whose works were not discovered and published until 1939: Edward Taylor, an English-born minister and physician who…
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Anne Bradstreet
…where they were published as The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America (1650). The first American edition of The Tenth Muse was published in revised and expanded form as Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning (1678).
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…where they were published as The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America (1650). The first American edition of The Tenth Muse was published in revised and expanded form as Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning (1678).
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