Phillis Wheatley : Biography of a Genius in Bondage

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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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Carretta, Vincent
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Wheatley, Phillis.
Wheatley, Phillis > 1753-1784
Wheatley, Phillis, > 1753-1784
Wheatley, Phillis, > 1753-1784.
Slaves.
Poets, American > Colonial period.
African American women poets.
Poets, American
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
Esclaves > États-Unis > Biographies.
Poetes americains > ca 1600-1775 (Periode coloniale) > Biographies.
Poetesses noires americaines > Biographies.
Slaves > United States > Biography.
Poets, American > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Biography.
African American women poets > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (312 pages).
ISBN:9780820347042

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