Robert Hayman and the Poetry of Arrival
Robert Hayman may be claimed to be the first English poet writing out of Canada. Born in Totnes, Devon, he became Governor in 1618 of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. Through his book of Epigrams, "Quodlibets", he celebrated the New World in Verse for the first time.
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| Format: | Conference Object |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/14817/ https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/14817/1/Robert_Hayman_and_the_Poetry_of_Arrival.pdf https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/14817/2/Quodlibets.pdf http://www.spma.org.uk/Conferences/Newfoundland/Call.2010.2.pdf |
| Summary: | Robert Hayman may be claimed to be the first English poet writing out of Canada. Born in Totnes, Devon, he became Governor in 1618 of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. Through his book of Epigrams, "Quodlibets", he celebrated the New World in Verse for the first time. |
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