num_pages: 224
description: Tracing the development of American poetry from the 17th to the late 19th century, this text explores the connections between evolving poetic forms and the rapidly changing American political and social milieu. The Puritan legacy of seeking truth in poetic diction remains in America today.
language: English
title: American Poetry: The Puritans through Walt Whitman
titlecomplete: American Poetry: The Puritans through Walt Whitman
ratings_count: 5
publisher: University of Massachusetts Press