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American poetry of the seventeenth century / edited with an introduction, notes, and comments by Harrison T. Meserole.

University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1985.

xxxvi, 541 pages ; 23 cm

"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." --Publisher's Description.

American poetry -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Civilization, Modern -- 17th century -- Poetry.

Poetry.

Meserole, Harrison T.

Previously published as: Seventeenth-century American poetry.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-522) and index.

Anne Bradstreet -- Michael Wigglesworth -- Edward Taylor -- Edward Johnson -- Roger Williams -- John Fiske -- John Saffin -- Urian Oakes -- Benjamin Tompson -- Richard Steere -- Nicholas Noyes -- Philip Pain -- Francis Daniel Pastorius -- Samuel Sewall -- John Danforth -- Cotton Mather -- Benjamin Colman -- The Bay Psalm Book -- Thomas Dudley -- Nathaniel Ward -- Thomas Morton -- Captain John Smith -- John Cotton -- John Wilson -- William Bradford -- Samuel Gorton -- Thomas Tillam -- William Wood -- John Josselyn -- Thomas Thatcher -- Benjamin Woodbridge -- Jonathan Mitchell -- Samuel Danforth -- John Rogers -- Richard Chamberlain -- John James -- Samuel Bradstreet -- Henricus Selyns -- Ichabod Wiswall -- George Alsop -- Benjamin Harris -- Francis Drake -- John Norton II -- Nehemiah Walter -- Richard Henchman -- Grindall Rawson -- John Williams -- Sarah Kemble Knight -- Samuel Danforth II -- Benjamin Lynde -- John Cotton of 'Queen's Creek' -- Roger Wolcott.

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