Episode Summary: Dr. Beebe interviews Dr. Greg Bock about Seventeenth-Century American Puritanism. She then applies this context to four poems by Anne Bradstreet: “Some Verse Upon the Burning of Our House,” “As Weary Pilgrim,” “To My Dear and Loving Husband,” and “The Prologue.” 

Part 1 (Biography & Overview) Starts: 00.00

Part 2 (Interview with Dr. Greg Bock) Starts: 21:01

Part 3 (Four Poems) Starts: 32:23

Dr. Beebe’s LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ann-beebe

Emily Dickinson: A Companion: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/emily-dickinson/ 

Dr. Gregory L. Bock, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion, is the Director of the Center for Ethics at UT Tyler. His research areas include bioethics and the philosophy of forgiveness.

The Ethics of Anger https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781793615176/The-Ethics-of-Anger  

The Philosophy of Forgiveness Volume 4 https://vernonpress.com/book/507

Resources:

Dame Judi Dench – William Shakespeare’s “When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_0VBS9AOhE 

Bradstreet, Anne (Jeannine Hensley, ed). The Works of Anne Bradstreet. Belknap at Harvard, 1967.

St. Botolph’s Church (Boston, Lincolnshire) – Stained Glass window image of Anne Bradstreet - https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4286574 

Bradstreet Gate at Harvard University - https://harvardplanning.emuseum.com/sites/2007/bradstreet-gate 

1655 Map of Andover, MA - https://www.northandoverhistoricalsociety.org/european-settlement