Joel Barlow's Columbiad
Subtitle: a bicentennial reading
By: Steven Blakemore
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781572335639
Subjects: Barlow, Joel, -- 1754-1812; Columbus, Christopher -- Poetry; American poetry -- Explication; American poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Poetry; America -- History -- Poetry; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Poetry
Genres: Poetry
Description: "Blakemore offers a close reading of The Columbiad within the context of contemporary national debates over the significance of America. In doing so, he helps the reader understand the variety of national discourses that Barlow was prompting, challenging, or subverting. Long neglected, The Columbiad fundamentally engages the core issues and strategies of national self-definition and the creation of a vital republican culture. This book will appeal to all those interested in early American literature, the literature of the early Republic, and American literary nationalism."--book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-368) and index