This briny ocean will oerflow your shore: Anne Bradstreet's "Second World" Atlanticism

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Symbiosis 3.2 99-118
Author: Katharine Gillespie
Pages: 21

'‘This briny ocean will o’erflow your shore’: Anne Bradstreet’s ‘Second World’ Atlanticism and National Narratives of Literary History' by Katharine Gillespie, offers an in-depth analysis of Anne Bradstreet's contributions to the transatlantic literary network and the construction of a colonial identity separate from British imperial control. Originally published in Symbiosis: a Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, this essay explores Bradstreet’s position between Old England and New England, examining how her works challenge literary canons and national narratives. Gillespie provides a nuanced understanding of Bradstreet's poetry as a dynamic force that subverts and reshapes imperial identities, making this an essential resource for scholars of early American literature and transatlantic studies.

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"The literary career of Anne Bradstreet helped to construct a transatlantic network of literary production and exchange. Born in England, she emigrated to New England in 1630. She composed poetry both in Old England and New and became the first New England poet to be published in England when, in 1647, her brother-in-law, John Woodbridge took a 207-page manuscript of her poetry back with him to London on a three-year business trip. He there commissioned London printer, Stephen Bowtell, to publish and market the collection in 1650. By 1657, The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America merited a listing in William London’s Catalogue [of] the most vendible books in London. Back in Massachusetts, Boston printer John Foster published a revised and expanded second edition of the book in 1678 just after Bradstreet’s death."