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Poetry Wars: Verse and Politics in the American Revolution and Early Republic

By Colin Wells

Book information

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9780812294521
DOI
10.9783/9780812294521
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2112658 bytes)
Pages
352\350
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-26 19:26:06

Description

The pen was as mighty as the musket during the American Revolution, as poets waged literary war against politicians, journalists, and each other. Drawing on hundreds of poems, Poetry Wars reconstructs the important public role of poetry in the early republic and examines the reciprocal relationship between political conflict and verse. The pen was as mighty as the musket during the American Revolution, as poets waged literary war against politicians, journalists, and each other. Drawing on hundreds of poems, Poetry Wars reconstructs the important public role of poetry in the early republic and examines the reciprocal relationship between political conflict and verse.

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