Thomas Morton of Merrymount: The Life and Renaissance of an Early American Poet
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How did this vigorous Elizabethan, born to the "outdoors culture" of England's West Country, become America's most controversial early colonist?What Classical and country traditions inspired Morton's notorious New English Canaan --- a perceptive, witty and often slapstick portrait, in prose and poetry, of Native New England peoples, land, creatures, and colonists
Was this first colonial "criminal" America's first poet in English? Until recent facsimile printings without notes, New English Canaan (originally published in 1637) has been reprinted only twice: once in Peter Force's Tracts, and in 1883 by the Massachusetts Historical Society.This is the first edition created from and textually-coded with ALL known original copies in the world; this is the first full-length biography of Thomas Morton of "Merrymount" (1576-1647)
Was this first colonial "criminal" America's first poet in English? Until recent facsimile printings without notes, New English Canaan (originally published in 1637) has been reprinted only twice: once in Peter Force's Tracts, and in 1883 by the Massachusetts Historical Society.This is the first edition created from and textually-coded with ALL known original copies in the world; this is the first full-length biography of Thomas Morton of "Merrymount" (1576-1647)
