Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton (1759 - 1846) — Auction price
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Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton (1759 - 1846) 
The Bruce M. Lisman Collection of Important American Literature: Part Two 
Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton
August 1759 - 14.05.1846
Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton was an American poet of the American Revolutionary period.
Sarah received a good education and early began writing poetry, the first of which was published under the pseudonyms Constance or Philenia. Frequent publications in periodicals made Filenia a prominent American poetess of her period, critics even in Europe paid attention to her.
Sarah Morton was called "American Sappho" by her contemporaries and was considered one of the finest women poets of the 18th century. She wrote long, sentimental, narrative poems that discuss the composition of the new nation, interracial relations, and heroism, both male and female. She also wrote about the virtues of freedom.
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The Bruce M. Lisman Collection of Important American Literature: Part Two
Date: 16.06.2023 10:00 UTC -05:00
Number of lots in the catalog: 170