Puritan poets and poetics : seventeenth-century American poetry in theory and practice
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PS153.P87 P87 1985
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xvii, 343 pages ; 24 cm
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"The first comprehensive and integrate critical survey of colonial American poetry, this book focuses on the New England Puritans, who produced the most notable poets, relating them contextually to writers of the Middle Atlantic and Southern colonies and to their European forebears.Following a general introduction by the editor, the book's three parts present: first, the social and aesthetic context in which the poets worked; second, the individual achievements of nine of the most successful poets; thin the varied forms the poets used sacred and profane, serious and humorous, formal and informal."-- Publisher's description,
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

White, P., & Meserole, H. T. (1985). Puritan poets and poetics: seventeenth-century American poetry in theory and practice . Pennsylvania State University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

White, Peter, 1947- and Harrison T. Meserole. 1985. Puritan Poets and Poetics: Seventeenth-century American Poetry in Theory and Practice. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

White, Peter, 1947- and Harrison T. Meserole. Puritan Poets and Poetics: Seventeenth-century American Poetry in Theory and Practice University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1985.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

White, P. and Meserole, H. T. (1985). Puritan poets and poetics: seventeenth-century american poetry in theory and practice. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

White, Peter, and Harrison T Meserole. Puritan Poets and Poetics: Seventeenth-century American Poetry in Theory and Practice Pennsylvania State University Press, 1985.

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