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America's first Negro poet : the complete works of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island
Uniform Title
Works. 1983
Title
America's first Negro poet : the complete works of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island / edited with an introduction by Stanley Austin Ransom, Jr. ; biographical sketch of Jupiter Hammon by Oscar Wegelin ; critical analysis of the works of Jupiter Hammon by Vernon Loggins.
ISBN
0804680825
9780804680820
Published
Port Washington, N.Y. : Associated Faculty Press : Kennikat Press, ©1983.
Physical Description
122 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes
Reprint. Originally published: Port Washington, N.Y. : I.J. Friedman Division, Kennikat Press, 1970. (Empire State historical publications series ; no. 82).
Other formats
Also issued online.
Online version: Hammon, Jupiter, 1711-approximately 1800. Works. 1983. America's first Negro poet. Port Washington, N.Y. : Associated Faculty Press : Kennikat Press, ©1983
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 27, 2015
Series
Empire State historical publications series
Bibliography
"Bibliography of the works of Jupiter Hammon": pages 119-122.
Contents
The poetry of Jupiter Hammon. An evening thought. Salvation by Christ, with penetential cires ; An address to Miss Phillis Wheatly ; A poem for children, with thoughts on death ; A dialogue entitled, "The kind master and the dutiful servant."
The prose of Jupiter Hammon. A winter piece ; An evening's improvement ; An address to the Negroes of the state of New York.
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Genre/Form
Poetry.
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