- John Woodbridge
The Rev. John Woodbridge was
Anne Bradstreet 's brother-in-law. In 1647, he sailed to England, carrying her manuscript of poetry without her knowledge. He had it published in London as "The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up into America, by a Gentlewoman in such Parts". [ Woodlief, A. (n.d.). Biography of Anne Bradstreet Retrieved September 1, 2006. from http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/Bradstreet/bradbio.htm] [Cite book
publisher = Oxford University Press
isbn = 9780195014402
last = White
first = Elizabeth
title = Anne Bradstreet: "The Tenth Muse"
location = New York
date = 1971
page = 255-6]The purpose of the publication appears to have been an attempt by devout
Puritan men ("i.e."Thomas Dudley ,Simon Bradstreet , and himself) to show that a godly and educated woman could elevate the position held by a wife and mother, without necessarily placing her in competition with men. [Cite book
publisher = Johns Hopkins University Press
isbn = 9780801861390
last = Ezell
first = Margaret
title = Social Authorship and the Advent of Print
location = Baltimore
date = 1999
page = 49.]The publication was unauthorized, and reportedly, on the publication of Anne Bradstreet's "The Tenth Muse"(1650), he wrote: "I feare the displeasure of no person in the publishing of these Poems but the Author's, without whose knowledge, and contrary to her expectation, I have presumed to bring to publick view what she resolved should never in such as manner see the Sun." [ Cite book
publisher = Johns Hopkins University Press
isbn = 9780801861390
last = Ezell
first = Margaret
title = Social Authorship and the Advent of Print
location = Baltimore
date = 1999
page = 45.]He married
Mercy Dudley the daughter of Gov.Thomas Dudley on May 20 1639 inAndover, MA .References
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