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Monster Essays - Early American Writers
Early American Writers
In the literature of early American writers there is one common
trait among all the writings: religion. Among Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan
Edwards all speak of their opinion of religion, god, heaven, and material
things.
Anne Bradstreet was a puritan wife, originally from England but
then moved to America. Upon moving and settling into her home, her poems
became full of emotion and spoke about concerns from her heart. She was
religious and believed that men had superiority over women.
A common concern in these religious writers was the unimportance of
material things on Earth. In Bradstreet's Upon the B....
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