Week 1 Texts- Mary Rowlandson, A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson and Anne Bradstreet, “The Prologue”, “Contemplations”, “The Author To Her Book”, and “Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House July 10th, 1666”

Mary Rowlandson’s A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson and Anne Bradstreet’s “The Prologue”, “Contemplations”, “The Author To Her Book”, and “Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House July 10th, 1666” are all set in the new world during the 17th century and contain themes of Puritanism. Throughout the texts both Rowlandson and Bradstreet are faced with an epistemological challenge regarding the Puritan religion. Both lose martial objects, leading