| American Poetry of the Seventeenth Century Contributor(s): Meserole, Harrison T. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0271004185 ISBN-13: 9780271004181 Publisher: Penn State University Press OUR PRICE: $35.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1986 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Dewey: 811.108 |
| LCCN: 85021701 |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.18" W x 9.08" (1.84 lbs) 576 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Reissued in response to demand, this definitive anthology of colonial American poetry is made available in a classroom edition, with annotatory emendations reflecting recent scholarship. The book presents 250 representative poems--fifty-nine printed here for the first time--accompanied by Professor Meserole's illuminating introduction, notes, glosses, comments, and catalogue of sources. The poets represented range from well-known writers such as Anne Bradstreet, Edward Taylor, and Michael Wigglesworth to personages not known primarily for their poetry--including Cotton Mather, Governor William Bradford, Roger Williams, and Captain John Smith--to the less famous such as schoolteacher Sarah Kemble Knight, lawyer Richard Chamberlain, and former indentured servant George Alsop. The poetry here offers a wide range of expression, including love lyrics, religious meditation, political satire, elegies, and personal narratives. |
Contributor Bio(s): Meserole, Harrison T.: - Harrison T. Meserole is Distinguished Professor of English at Texas A&M, coeditor of Seventeenth-Century News, and former Director of Graduate Research Penn State. His doctorate is from the University of Maryland. |
