Anne Bradstreet Anne Bradstreet mirrors the elements of puritanism to allow religious value to be put into action in her three famous works. ... All great writers have inspiration Anne Bradstreet's inspiration came from the famous writers in history; such as Shakespeare. ... That's what she basisd her poems on as well because of the love of God. ... Finally, one of her most greatest poem "meditations divine and morall" was one of the series of prose axioms. ... Her children are the inspiration in this poem. ...

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Other famous writers of this time include Thomas Paine, who wrote THE CRISIS, NO.1; Patrick Henry, author of SPEECH TO THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION; and Thomas Jefferson, writer of THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. ... Influenced writers of this time include Washington Irving, author of RIP VAN WINKLE; Edgar Allan Poe, author of many masterpieces, such as THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, ELDORADO, ANNABEL LEE, TO HELEN, and THE RAVEN; Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Herman Melville, author of the famous MOBY DICK. ... Holmes is known for the poem OLD IRONSIDES. ... The most well-known writer of thi...

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He is famous as: "The father of American History" (Moses Coit Tyler) William Bradford organized the history in the form of various chapters by narrating each event in each chapter. ... She loved her husband very much and to express her love she wrote scads of poems among which "To my dear and loving husband" was a beautiful one and reminds us to Shakespearean sonnets. 3: Utilitarian Feature: Puritanism was a great opponent of entertainment and art so there was not a single work produced for the pleasure purposes. ... "A model of Christian Charity" was...

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Puritans were English Protestants who wished to reform and purify the Church of England of what they considered to be unacceptable remains of Roman Catholicism. In the 1620s leaders of the English state and church grew being heartless to Puritan demands. They insisted that the Puritans conform to religious practices that they hated, removing their ministers from office and threatening them with" extirpation from the earth" if they did not follow their rules. Passionate Puritan laymen received savage punishments. For example, in 1630 a man was sentenced to life imprisonment, his property was co...

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