Anne Bradstreet And Sarah Kemble Knight: Writing Styles
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Women in colonial America lived much different lives than those of today’s women. Although gender-specific roles existed and were enforced by society’s watchful eye, many women stepped beyond these rigid guidelines and became writers. Sarah Kemble Knight and Anne Bradstreet, although differi ....
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.... have no true worth, and for this reason, one should not become attached to them. On the contrary, Knight’s writing reflects the flair and care-free attitude of the independent woman that she was. Her narrative format allows her to comment and pass judgment on any of various things she encountered. She was a keen social observer and she was not hesitant to write with humor of those people by whom she was entertained. Her accounts are mostly non-fictional with a bit of reflective ....
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