Early American poetry

Description:

This is a major-figure anthology of American poetry in the colonial and early national periods. It examines the changing patterns of our literature through the work of five poets, each representative of a period in America's cultural development but distinctive as well, speaking in a personal voice on a variety of themes. - Preface.

subjects: American poetry,  American poetry (collections), revolutionary period, 1775-1783,  American poetry (collections), colonial period, ca. 1600-1775,  American poetry (collections), 19th century