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Joel Barlow (1754–1812)

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Joel Barlow was born on a Connecticut farm, in 1754. He was educated at Dartmouth College and then Yale University. He was a member of The Connecticut Wits, a group of nine ambitious young writers determined to celebrate as well as satirize the young American democracy. Timothy Dwight and John mehr anzeigen Trumbul, two other famous members of the group, pursued their satiric inclinations until they became conservative Federalists in the face of Jeffersonian republicanism. Barlow went to Europe where he stayed for seventeen years. There, he became a passionate supporter of the French Revolution and saw to the publication of The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine. While running for election as a deputy to the French National Assembly, Barlow wrote his best-known poem, the mock epic The Hasty Pudding, which brought him celebrity in his native land. When he returned to the United States in 1805, he turned away from his ponderous epic The Columbiad (1807), in which he celebrated the future of the United States in the context of deploring the European past. As a reward for his support of Jeffersonianism, President James Madison appointed him minister to France. Barlow followed Napoleon to Poland in an effort to persuade the emperor to favor U.S. commerce; however, Barlow narrowly missed Napoleon, who was returning to Europe with his defeated army. When Barlow was making his own return, he caught pneumonia and died. He was buried in a village near Cracow, Poland. Barlow is significant for his understanding that the American experience-and its translation into literature and the culture at large-was important in its own right, distinct from European history and aesthetics. His poetry, essays, and orations are infused with his witty perception of the colonialist's mission. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen

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The Columbiad: A Poem (2005) 19 Exemplare
The vision of Columbus : a poem in nine books (2010) 17 Exemplare
Advice to the privileged orders in the several states of Europe resulting from the necessity and propriety of a general… (1956) 12 Exemplare
The hasty-pudding; a poem in three cantos written at Chambery in Savoy during January MDCCLXXXXIII (2010) 7 Exemplare
The Political Writings Of Joel Barlow: Containing Advice To The Privileged Orders Letter To The National Convention;… (1796) 5 Exemplare
Political Writings (1972) 3 Exemplare
Lettre à la Convention nationale de France, sur les vices de la Constitution de 1791, et sur… (1792) 3 Exemplare
The Anarchiad: a New England Poem, 1786-1787 3 Exemplare
An oration : delivered at the North Church in Hartford, at the meeting of the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati,… 2 Exemplare
Joel Barlow to his fellow citizens, of the United States of America. 2 Exemplare
Hierons last farewell : sermon, Modbury, funerall S. Hieron 1 Exemplar
Oration delivered at Washington, July fourth, 1809 1 Exemplar
A letter, addressed to the people of Piedmont, on the advantages of the French revolution, and the necessity of ado 1 Exemplar
The vision of Columbus. A poem, in nine books. By Joel Barlow. The fifth edition, corrected. To which is added, the… 1 Exemplar
The vision of Columbus a poem, in nine books ; with explanatory notes ; from a revised edition of the author 1 Exemplar
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Oration delivered at Washington, July fourth, 1809 von Joel Barlow
"I was doubting what you could say, equal to your own reputation, on so hackneyed a subject. but you have really risen out of it with lustre, and pointed to others a field of great expansion." - Thomas Jefferson to Joel Barlow, 8 Oct. 1809 [PTJ:RS 1:588-590]
 
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ThomasJefferson | Jun 30, 2014 |
The Columbiad : a poem von Joel Barlow
"I have safely recieved your favor from Amelia with the sheets of the Columbiad which it covered, and have given to them the hasty perusal which my less agreeable but more indispensable occupations have permitted ... the few moments I could spare to this object, I will say, were agreeably employed." - Thomas Jefferson to John Daly Burk, 21 Jun. 1801 [PTJ34:400-401]
 
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ThomasJefferson | Jun 9, 2014 |
Political Writings von Joel Barlow
A reprint of Barlow's political writings. No mention of the Jefferson-Barlow translation issue. Of interest, if you enjoy French Revolution studies.
 
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