Phillis Wheatley and the Romantics /

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"This book very conclusively debunks the over two-hundred-year-old conventional wisdom that Wheatley owes her poetic sensibilities to Alexander Pope. ... It will help rejuvenate the study of Wheatley and will be an exciting contribution to scholarly discourse on Wheatley's poetry."--C...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shields, John C., 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©2010.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Wheatley, Phillis, > 1753-1784 > Criticism and interpretation.
Wheatley, Phillis, > 1753-1784 > Influence.
Wheatley, Phillis, > 1753-1784
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Romanticism.
Romantisme.
romanticism (form of expression)
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
American literature > African American authors.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Before Wheatley: the imagination from Plato to Bruno
  • Before Wheatley: the imagination from Bruno to William Billings
  • Wheatley's "long poem" and subsequent considerations
  • After Wheatley: in England, France, and Germany, excluding Kant
  • Kant and Wheatley
  • Wheatley and Coleridge
  • Concluding remarks: is Wheatley the progenetrix of Romanticism?
  • Postscript: what remains to be done.

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