Title: Old Glory : American war poems from the Revolutionary War to the war on terrorism /
Authors: Hedin, Robert, 1949-
Publisher: Persea Books,
Year: 2004
Subjects: War poetry, American.; United States History, Military Poetry.
Abstract: "This anthology encompasses the entire tradition of American war poetry, from our nation's birth in the Revolutionary War to the present-day War on Terrorism. Some of the most memorable and enduring poems in our literature have been written about war, and many of our major poets are represented in these pages. From "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to Quincy Troupe's "Transcircularities," this gathering of nearly two hundred poems establishes the standard for the genre while providing a historical record." "Narratives, meditations, elegies, lamentations, odes, tributes, and battle hymns - all deeply felt - reflect love of country, sacrifice, tragedy, glory, and sometimes disillusionment and dissent. This is poetry that establishes and preserves our national continuity, a poetry that remembers and gives voice to those who have fallen silent."--Jacket.
Contents: Revolutionary War -- Paul Revere's Ride / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- Yankee Doodle / Anonymous -- To His Excellency General Washington / Phillis Wheatley -- Warren's Address to the American Soldiers / John Pierpont -- Song of Marion's Men / William Cullen Bryant -- Black Samson of Brandywine / Paul Laurence Dunbar -- The Yankee Man-of-War / Anonymous -- from The British Prison Ship / Philip Freneau -- To the Memory of the Brave Americans / Philip Freneau -- from The Columbiad / Joel Barlow -- New England's Dead / Isaac McLellan -- Concord Hymn / Ralph Waldo Emerson -- War of 1812 -- from The Battle of Niagara / John Neal -- On the Conflagrations at Washington / Philip Freneau -- The Star-Spangled Banner / Francis Scott Key -- Old Ironsides / Oliver Wendell Holmes -- Mexican-American War -- Ode, Inscribed to W.H. Channing / Ralph Waldo Emerson -- The Angels of Buena Vista / John Greenleaf Whittier -- from The Biglow Papers / James Russell Lowell --^