American Literature / Unit 4 AML 0311 short lesson, about 20 seconds
*The Tenth Muse* and Its London Publication
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The idea
Bradstreet may not have meant to publish. Her brother-in-law John Woodbridge carried the manuscript to London, where it appeared as The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, the anchor dating it sixteen fifty-one and calling it the first book of poetry published by an American.
In practice
Taken to London by a brother-in-law.
Where people slip
The board says the sixteen fifties; sources vary.
Your place on the trail
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