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Feminism" of Bradstreet and Wheatley Term Paper
Pages:4 (1821 words)
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Subject:People
Topic:Anne Bradstreet
Document Type:Term Paper
Document:#54714172
" For there is a branch of feminism which suggests women should embrace male characteristics in the workplace (whether that be dressing in suits or trying to achieve type a success-driven personalities or following male conventions in business and art and relationships) and which denigrates personal experience of things such as childbirth, mothering, menstruation, and the natural (for some women) instincts for flexibility or strong interpersonal relationships in business. In their commitment to subtle rebellion and their frequent embrace of their oppressors and the beliefs of the dominant culture, Bradstreet and Wheatley model the kind of feminism which tries to operate inside the system. Unfortunately, in their case as in many modern cases, this is not entirely successful. "The literary sphere becomes an acceptable way to include groups... while at the same time excluding them from other political and social institutions." (Schlotterbeck) it is unfortunate to note that Wheatley died as a single mother (abandoned by her husband) in poor obscurity, and Bradstreet's consistent publications never brought her the sort of recognition or wealth that many male poets of her age (no more original than she) were handed.
Bibliography
Bradstreet, Anne. "In Honour of that High and Mighty Princess, Queen ELIZABETH" Archived at http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poem214.html
Bradstreet, Anne. "To My Dear and Loving Husband." Archived at http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poem217.html
Schlotterbeck, Marian. "Modestly Appropriating Conventions: Anne Bradstreet, Phillis Wheatley, and the Literary Sphere of Early America." Oberlin College. http://www.oberlin.edu/library/friends/research.awards/m.schlotterbeck.pdf.
Wheatley, Phillis. "On Being Brought from Africa to America," Archived at http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poem2273.html
Wheatley, Phillis. "To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth..." Archived at http://www.jeannepasero.com/blackpoems.html
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Bradstreet, Anne. "In Honour of that High and Mighty Princess, Queen ELIZABETH" Archived at http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poem214.html
Bradstreet, Anne. "To My Dear and Loving Husband." Archived at http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poem217.html
Schlotterbeck, Marian. "Modestly Appropriating Conventions: Anne Bradstreet, Phillis Wheatley, and the Literary Sphere of Early America." Oberlin College. http://www.oberlin.edu/library/friends/research.awards/m.schlotterbeck.pdf.
Wheatley, Phillis. "On Being Brought from Africa to America," Archived at http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poem2273.html
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