Elihu Smith's All-American Anthology

Authors

  • Michael L. Lasser Harley School, Rochester, N.Y.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14713/jrul.v31i1.1478

Keywords:

Poetry, American Literature.

Abstract

Elihu Smith (1771-1798), physician, a friend to the famous of his time, and a writer of sorts, is best known for his editorship of the first entirely American poetry anthology, "American Poems." The book may be the first anthology limited to works by Americans as well as one of the earliest anthologies of any sort to appear in the nation.

Author Biography

Michael L. Lasser, Harley School, Rochester, N.Y.

Rutgers University Libraries

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Published

2012-05-18

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Vol. 31 No. 1 (1967)

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