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Phillis Wheatley : Biography of a Genius in Bondage.
With Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773), Phillis Wheatley (1753?-1784) became the first English-speaking person of African descent to publish a book and only the second woman-of any race or background- to do so in America. Written in Boston while she was just a teenager, and when...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens :
University of Georgia Press,
2011.
©2011 |
| Colección: | Sarah Mills Hodge Fund publication.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | With Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773), Phillis Wheatley (1753?-1784) became the first English-speaking person of African descent to publish a book and only the second woman-of any race or background- to do so in America. Written in Boston while she was just a teenager, and when she was still a slave, Wheatley's work was an international sensation. In Phillis Wheatley, Vincent Carretta offers the first full-length biography of a figure whose origins and later life have remained shadowy despite her iconic status. A scholar with extensive knowledge of transatlantic literatur. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (318 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-259) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780820347042 0820347043 1306426014 9781306426015 |