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| McFingal | |
|---|---|
| A Modern Epic Poem. Or, The Town-Meeting | |
| by John Trumbull | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Mock-heroic, satire |
| Publisher | William and Thomas Bradford |
| Publication date | 1775 |
| Media type | |
| OCLC | 690377493 |
McFingal: a modern epic poem. Or, The town-meeting is a mock epic poem written by American poet John Trumbull.[1][2]
This canto, about 1500 lines, contains some verses from Thomas Gage's Proclamation and was published in the Connecticut Courant on 7 and 14 August 1775; it portrays a Scottish Loyalist, McFingal, and his Whig opponent, Honorius, evidently a portrait of John Adams. This first canto was divided into two, and with a third and a fourth canto published in 1782.
1st edition
[edit]- Philadelphia: Printed and sold by William and Thomas Bradford, at the London coffee-house. 1775.
References
[edit]- ↑ Trumbull, John (1776). McFingal. OCLC 690377493.
- ↑ "Poetry Wars". University of Pennsylvania Press. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
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