The Vision of Columbus
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The Vision of Columbus is an epic poem by American writer Joel Barlow that presents a grand, visionary narrative of the discovery and future of the Americas.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Vision of Columbus canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | epic poem ⓘ |
| author | Joel Barlow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Vision of Columbus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
didactic political commentary
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extended descriptive passages ⓘ invocations to the muse ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
American Revolution
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future republican societies in the Americas ⓘ westward expansion ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1787 ⓘ |
| form | narrative poem ⓘ |
| genre | epic poetry ⓘ |
| hasLaterVersion | The Columbiad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
American liberty
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Christopher Columbus NERFINISHED ⓘ civilization and progress ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Columbus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-American Revolutionary War period ⓘ |
| inspiration |
John Milton's Paradise Lost
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classical epic tradition ⓘ |
| intendedFunction | national epic for the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poem ⓘ |
| literaryInfluence | early American nationalist thought ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 18th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | neoclassical ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Christopher Columbus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | heroic couplets ⓘ |
| movement |
American Enlightenment literature
ⓘ
early American national literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
discovery of the Americas
ⓘ
future of the Americas ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication | Hartford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
Americas as destined for liberty and enlightenment
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Columbus as visionary figure ⓘ |
| publisher | Hudson and Goodwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Columbiad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revisedInto | The Columbiad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | nine books ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
history of the New World
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prophetic visions of future events in the Americas ⓘ |
| theme |
American expansion
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Enlightenment optimism ⓘ progress ⓘ republican ideals ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfComposition | 1780s ⓘ |
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