The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America

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The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America is a 1650 volume of poetry by Anne Bradstreet, recognized as one of the earliest published collections of verse by an English colonist in North America and the first book of poetry by a woman from the American colonies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
literary work
poetry collection
associatedWithAuthorNationality English
associatedWithRegion Massachusetts Bay Colony
author Anne Bradstreet
bibliographicStatus rare book
circulation read in both England and the American colonies
countryOfPublication England
criticalReception recognized as a landmark in early American literature
genre poetry
hasAuthorGender female
hasForm rhymed verse
hasLaterEdition Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning
hasPart elegies
long meditative poems
occasional verse
religious poems
hasTheme Providence
domestic life
spiritual struggle
transience of earthly things
hasTitlePhraseOrigin classical concept of the Muses
includedInCanon early American literature canon
influenced early American women writers
subsequent American colonial poetry
isEarlyExampleOf American colonial literature
language English
laterEditionPublicationYear 1678
literaryMovement Puritan literature
meter primarily iambic
notableFor being one of the earliest published collections of verse by an English colonist in North America
being the first book of poetry by a woman from the American colonies
originalPublicationYear 1650
placeOfPublication London, England
surface form: London
publicationFormat print
publisher Stephen Bowtell
settingContext Puritan New England
subject contemplation of mortality
family life
history
religion
timePeriodOfCreation 17th century

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Anne Bradstreet notableWork The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America
Anne Bradstreet publication The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America
To My Dear and Loving Husband associatedWith The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America