Poems of Philip Freneau : manuscript and typescript, [19--?].

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Poems of Philip Freneau : manuscript and typescript, [19--?].

Consists of typescripts and manuscripts of Freneau's verse, compiled by F.L. Pattee. These works were omitted from Pattee's printed anthology entitled "The poems of Philip Freneau, poet of the American Revolution," v. 1 and 2. Unpublished titles include "Distrest orator," "The american village," "Fourth of July," and "The prudent philosopher". Also includes a typed letter of Fred Lewis Pattee to Mr. Williams concerning the omitted works, signed and dated Dec. 3, 1903.

1 v. (144 leaves), unbound ; 27 cm.

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Princeton University Library

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Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832

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American poet and newspaper editor. From the description of Papers of Philip Morin Freneau [manuscript], 1778-1799. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812355 Philip Morin Freneau is usually referred to as the poet of the American Revolution. Born in New York, he graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1771. Although Freneau had produced several poems before college, it was the experience of pre-Revolutionary-War Princeton that tur...

Pattee, Fred Lewis, 1863-1950

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Fred Lewis Pattee was an American author, poet, teacher, scholar, and a leading authority on American literature. He was Professor of English and Rhetoric at Pennsylvania State College, and later became Professor of American Literature. In 1891 Pattee published his first book, LITERATURE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, and his first published verse collection was THE WINE OF MAY (1893). Pattee's most important critical work was the first volume of HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1870 (1915), which w...