They employed a burlesque modeled on Hudibras and advocated a strong central government and attacked proponents of democratic liberalism such as Thomas Jefferson.
They employed a burlesque modeled on Hudibras and advocated a strong central government and attacked proponents of democratic liberalism such as Thomas Jefferson. Together they produced a satirical mock epic, The Anarchiad, which was a polemic against states slow to ratify the constitution. FTP, name this group of American poets, all graduates of Yale, whose membership included John Trumbull, Joel Barlow, and Timothy Dwight.
They employed a burlesque modeled on Hudibras and advocated a strong central government and attacked proponents of democratic liberalism such as Thomas Jefferson.
Hartford Wits or Connecticut Wits