Can I read Homage to Mistress Bradstreet: [poem] on EtoBox?

Homage to Mistress Bradstreet: [poem] by With pictures by Ben Shahn is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Homage to Mistress Bradstreet: [poem] about?

1 volume (unpaged) 25 cm Homage to Mistress Bradstreet, long poem by John Berryman, written in 1948–53 and published in 1956. Noted for its intensity, it is a tribute to colonial poet Anne Bradstreet that also reveals much about the author. The poem examines the tension between Bradstreet’s personal life and her artistic life, concluding in a spirit of fatalism. It shows throughout a loving and intimate grasp of the details of American history. The work primarily examines creative repression, religious apostasy, and the temptation to adultery Homage to Mistress Bradstreet, long poem by John Berryman, written in 1948–53 and published in 1956. Noted for its intensity, it is a tribute to colonial poet Anne Bradstreet that also reveals much about the author. The poem examines the tension between Bradstreet’s personal life and her artistic life, concluding in a spirit of fatalism. It shows throughout a loving and intimate grasp of the details of American history. The work primarily examines creative repression, religious apostasy, and the temptation to adultery Stefanik, E. Berryman, A7

Author

With pictures by Ben Shahn

Publisher

New York, Farrar, Straus & Cudahy

Published

1956

Language

EN

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Poetry, Humanities