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Poetry wars : verse and politics in the American Revolution and early republic /

During America's founding period, poets and balladeers engaged in a series of literary "wars" against political leaders, journalists and each other, all in the name of determining the political course of the new nation. Political poems and songs appeared regularly in newspapers (and a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wells, Colin, 1965- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
Series:	Early American studies.
Subjects:	American poetry > Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 > History and criticism. Political poetry, American > History and criticism.

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