New England's "Poetry Poetry" :a Jeremy Belknap letter of 1764: Historical New Hampshire / Charles Wetherell.

Title:

New England's "Poetry Poetry" :a Jeremy Belknap letter of 1764: Historical New Hampshire / Charles Wetherell.

Author:

Wetherell, Charles, 1946-

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1984.

Physical Description:

p. 64 - 68.

Source:

Vol. 39, Nos. 1-2 (Spring-Summer, 1984) Historical New Hampshire.

Description:

Reprints a 1764 letter from Jeremy Belknap to his future wife. Best remembered for his 'History of New Hampshire,' Belknap explained, with examples, his theory that the primitive poetry of 17th-century New Hampshire reflected an uncultivated physical landscape, and that the crisper verse of his contemporaries reflected a more settled environment.

Language:

English.

Locations:

New Hampshire Description and travel.
New Hampshire Poetry.

People:

Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798.

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