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Joel Barlow

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1745-1812American poetbest remembered as one of the Connecticut Wits, though he eventually became politically estranged from the group.he maintained contact with the wits and contributed to their most notable production, the Anarchaid, a satire in mock heroic verse which attacked Democratic liberalism in favour of federalist conservatism and published between 1786 and 1787 in the new haven ghazett and the Connecticut magazine in 1787 Barlow published the vision of Columbus, an epic poem in which he envisions America's glorious future.Hasty Pudding 1796, mock epic in three cantosThe Columbiad 1807, a revision of vision of ColumbusJoel Barlow (March 24, 1754 – December 26, 1812) was an American poet and diplomat, and French politician. [1] In politics, he supported the French Revolution and was an ardent Jeffersonian republican.Joel Barlow￼Sketch of Joel BarlowBornMarch 24, 1754Redding, Connecticut ColonyDiedDecember 26, 1812 (aged 58)Żarnowiec, Duchy of Warsaw (now in Poland).NationalityAmericanAlma materYale UniversityOccupationpoet, businessman, diplomat, politicianNotable workThe Hasty-Pudding (1793)He worked as an agent for American speculator William Duer to set up the Scioto Company in Paris in 1788, and to sell worthless deeds to land in the Northwest Territory which it did not own. Scholars believe that he did not know the transactions were fraudulent. He stayed in Paris, becoming involved in the French Revolution. He was elected to the Assembly and given French citizenship in 1792.In his own time, Barlow was known especially for the epic poem Vision of Columbus (1807),[2] though modern readers rank The Hasty-Pudding (1793) more highly.As American consul at Algiers, he helped draft the Treaty of Tripoli in 1796, to end the attacks of Barbary pirates of North Africa city states. He also served as US Minister to France, from 1811 to his death on December 26, 1812 in Żarnowiec, Poland.Biography

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