Question

Compare and contrast the lives and writing of Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatley.

Answer 1

Anne Bradstreet and Phyllis Wheatley are, respectively, the first and third published female writers in America. [ The surprise to those unfamiliar with these writers comes upon discovery that Anne Bradstreet was also the first published poet in the New World, and that Phyllis Wheatley was an African slave. These two women not only overcame the difficulties of producing and publishing quality