安妮·布拉兹特里特是北美殖民时期的第一位女诗人,也是第一位在生前就将诗集《美洲最近出现的第十位缪斯》付梓问世的女诗人。细心品读不难发现,安妮对母亲形象情有独钟。文章着重探讨其作品中渗透着的三类母亲形象:第一类是实际意义上的、充满母爱的母亲;第二类是比喻意义上的、文艺作品的作者;第三类为具有颠覆意义的、充当女儿角色的母亲。在此基础上文章试图进一步分析和挖掘母亲形象塑造的价值及现实意义。
Anne Bradstreet( 1612 - 1672) is considered as the first famous poetess in the colonial era of North America, and also the first one who published her poems named The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America during her lifetime. A close reading of Anne' s poems reveals that she had portrayed three kinds of mother images. The first is the mother in reality with maternal love to the children; the second refers to the author of literary works, in a figurative sense; the third reverses the roles of mother and daughter.