Early American Poets
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Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2001-05-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780595179237 |
ISBN-13 | : 0595179231 |
Rating | : 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
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Book excerpt: America did not declare independence in its poetry as quickly or as dramatically as in politics. It took time for the new nation to free itself from the many and widely contrasting traditions, customs, codes, and cultures it had inherited, and expressed itself through scores of imitators before it found its own characteristic way of thinking, reacting, and writing. Here is the poetry of early America, revealing the spirit, the scenes, and the turbulence of the period, and setting forth the works of over forty accomplished poets, many of whom are forgotten to all but the literary historian. This collection in devoted to the expanding spirit as well as the formative genius of America.