An in-depth look at the life and times of the early American poet and polemicist.Poet, republican, diplomat, and entrepreneur, Joel Barlow filled many roles and registered impressive accomplishments. In the first biography of this fascinating figure in decades, Richard Buel Jr. recounts the life of a man more intimately connected to the Age of Revolution than perhaps any other American.Barlow was a citizen of the revolutionary world, and his adventures throug...

The Columbiad is an epic poem that celebrates America. It opens with Christopher Columbus in prison, despondent and feeling poorly rewarded for his great achievements. He is visited by Hesper, represented as the guardian genius of the lands to the west of Europe. He leads Columbus in a vision of the western hemisphere: its physical description, its native people, and the history of North and South America. They see the Aztec and Inca empires, the settling of America by Europeans, ...

The Columbiad is an epic poem that celebrates America. It opens with Christopher Columbus in prison, despondent and feeling poorly rewarded for his great achievements. He is visited by Hesper, represented as the guardian genius of the lands to the west of Europe. He leads Columbus in a vision of the western hemisphere: its physical description, its native people, and the history of North and South America. They see the Aztec and Inca empires, the settling of America by Europeans, and the d...

The year 2007 marks the two-hundredth anniversary since Joel Barlow, an American poet and diplomat, first published his controversial and lengthy poem, The Columbiad. Grandiose in its ambition, Barlow framed the poem as an epic for the New World, a nationalist primer to teach republican citizens the history of the relatively new nation culminating in the American Revolution and the promise of a future utopia stimulated by the United States’ republican ideas and institutions.Unfortu...

In "The Columbiad: A Poem," Joel Barlow embarks on an ambitious poetic odyssey, celebrating the burgeoning American identity and the promise of the New World. Employing a neoclassical style infused with romantic elements, Barlow weaves together history, mythology, and a forward-looking vision that reflects Enlightenment ideals. The poem not only chronicles the discovery and colonization of America but also serves as a profound commentary on the aspirations and challenges faced by the nasce...

The life and career of a Poet is often thought of as musing at a desk, or lying in a meadow, or on long journeys to find inspiration for their next masterwork. But more often than not a poet was a part-time profession in subservient submission to their actual, salary-paying job.In this volume we bring together those professionals whose skills are based on using words to achieve the ambitions, policies, desires and sleights of hand of their Governments and institutions. This calcula...

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L’ouvrage fournit toutes les clés pour analyser les recueils de Paul Verlaine.• La présentation des recueils est suivie de l’étude des problématiques essentielles, parmi lesquelles :– Verlaine, héritier du romantisme et du Parnasse– Verlaine, poète chrétien ?– Les principaux thèmes : l’amour, la mort– Mélancolie et fatalité– Vers impairs et musicalité.• Ce Profil d’une œuvre comprend également six poèmes expliqués :– « Mon rêve famili...