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Hartford Wịts['hɑːtfəd-\], die Connecticut Wits.
Universal-Lexikon. 2012.
Hartford Wits
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Hartford Wits — Die Connecticut Wits, auch Hartford Wits genannt, waren ein amerikanischer Dichterkreis. Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts trafen sich in Hartford, Connecticut, ehemalige Studenten und Lehrer der Yale University um der eigenständigen Literatur des jungen … Deutsch Wikipedia
Hartford Wits — The Hartford Wits (also called the Connecticut Wits) were a group of American writers centered around Yale University and flourished in the 1780s and 1790s. Mostly graduates of Yale, they were conservative federalists who attacked their political … Wikipedia
Hartford Wits — Joel Barlow, Timothy Dwight, Jonathan Trumbull … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Hartford (Connecticut) — Hartford Spitzname: The Insurance Capital of the World Skyline vom Connecticut River aus Lage in … Deutsch Wikipedia
Hartford — /hahrt feuhrd/, n. 1. (George) Huntington, 2nd, born 1911, U.S. businessman and patron of the arts. 2. a port in and the capital of Connecticut, in the central part, on the Connecticut River. 136,392. * * * City (pop., 2000: 121,578), capital of… … Universalium
Hartford wit — ▪ American literary group also called Connecticut Wit, any of a group of Federalist poets centred around Hartford, Conn., who collaborated to produce a considerable body of political satire just after the American Revolution. Employing… … Universalium
Connecticut Wits — Die Connecticut Wits, auch Hartford Wits genannt, waren ein amerikanischer Dichterkreis. Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts trafen sich in Hartford, Connecticut, ehemalige Studenten und Lehrer der Yale University, um der eigenständigen Literatur des… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Connecticut Wits — Connecticut Wịts [kə netɪkət ], Gruppe von amerikanischen Literaten im späten 18. Jahrhundert, die ihren Mittelpunkt in Hartford, Conneticut, hatte (deshalb auch als Hartford Wits bekannt) und v. a. durch J. Barlow, T. Dwight und J. Trumbull… … Universal-Lexikon
Wit — is a form of intellectual humour. A wit (person) is someone skilled in making witty remarks. Forms of wit include: the quip and the repartee. Forms of wit As in the wit of Parker s set, the Algonquin Round Table, witty remarks may be… … Wikipedia
Barlow, Joel — born March 24, 1754, Redding, Connecticut Colony [U.S.] died Dec. 24, 1812, Żarnowiec, Pol. U.S. writer and poet. He was a member of the group of young writers known as the Hartford (or Connecticut) Wits, whose patriotism led them to attempt to… … Universalium
