A History of American Literature

by Percy Holmes Boynton

Introduction to the Poems of Philip Freneau (edited by F. L. Pattee), Vol. I, pp. c, ci. 1902.

Collections

Boynton, Percy H. American Poetry, pp. 118–124, 618–621.

Cairns, W. B. Early American Writers, pp. 409–420.

Duyckinck, E. A. and G. L. Cyclopedia of American Literature, Vol. I, pp. 357–365.

Stedman and Hutchinson. Library of American Literature, Vol. III, pp. 426–429 and 463–483.

Joel Barlow. His epic is accessible only in early editions. His poetical work appeared originally as follows: The Vision of Columbus, 1787; The Columbiad, 1807; Hasty Pudding, 1847.

Biography and Criticism

Todd, C. B. Life and Letters of Joel Barlow. 1886.

Tyler, M. C. Three Men of Letters, pp. 131–180. 1895.