Robert Hayman and the Poetry of Arrival

Authors: Street, S.

Conference: Exploring New World Transitions - From Seasonal Presence to Permanent Settlement

Dates: 16-19 June 2010

Abstract:

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.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/14817/

http://www.spma.org.uk/Conferences/Newfoundland/Call.2010.2.pdf

Source: Manual

Robert Hayman and the Poetry of Arrival

Authors: Street, S.

Conference: Exploring New World Transitions - From Seasonal Presence to Permanent Settlement

Abstract:

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.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/14817/

http://www.spma.org.uk/Conferences/Newfoundland/Call.2010.2.pdf

Source: BURO EPrints