"The Rising Glory of America" is a poem written by "Poet of the Revolution" Philip Freneau with a debated but likely minimal level of involvement from "not quite a Founding Father" Hugh Henry Brackenridge of western Pennsylvania. The poem was first read at their graduation from the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) in 1771.[a][1][2] There were two versions published, one before and one after the American Revolutionary War.[3] It was mildly influential in describing a newfound sense of American national identity.[4]
| "The Rising Glory of America" | |
|---|---|
 1923 Americana auction catalog listing | |
| Original title | A Poem, on the Rising Glory of America; Being an Exercise Delivered at the Public Commencement at Nassau-Hall, September 25, 1771 |
| Country | United States |
| Publisher | Printed by Joseph Crukshank, for R. Aitken, bookseller, opposite the London-Coffee-House, in Front-Street, Philadelphia |
| Publication date | 1772 |
See also
edit- Father Bombo's Pilgrimage to Mecca, novel co-authored by Freneau and Brackenridge
- 1772 in poetry
Explanatory notes
edit- ^ Freneau, Brackenridge, and James Madison were all in the same graduating class.
References
edit- ^ Smeall, J. F. S. (September 1973). "The Respective Roles of Hugh Brackenridge and Philip Freneau in Composing "The Rising Glory of America"". The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. 67 (3): 263–281. doi:10.1086/pbsa.67.3.24301841. ISSN 0006-128X.
- ^ Adams, Stephen (2013). "Philip Freneau's Summa of American Exceptionalism: "The Rising Glory of America" without Brackenridge". Texas Studies in Literature and Language. 55 (4): 390–405. doi:10.7560/TSLL55402. ISSN 1534-7303.
- ^ Wertheimer, Eric (1994). "Commencement Ceremonies: History and Identity in "The Rising Glory of America," 1771 and 1786". Early American Literature. 29 (1): 35–58. ISSN 0012-8163. JSTOR 25056955.
- ^ Kornfeld, Eve (2001), Kornfeld, Eve (ed.), "Inventing an American Language and Literature", Creating an American Culture, 1775–1800: A Brief History with Documents, New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, pp. 83–109, doi:10.1007/978-1-137-03834-0_8, ISBN 978-1-137-03834-0, retrieved 2023-02-09
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