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Complete Writings (Paperback): Phillis Wheatley

Complete Writings (Paperback)

Phillis Wheatley

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In 1761, a young girl arrived in Boston on a slave ship, sold to the Wheatley family, and given the name Phillis Wheatley. Struck by Phillis' extraordinary precociousness, the Wheatleys provided her with an education that was unusual for a woman of the time and astonishing for a slave. After studying English and classical literature, geography, the Bible, and Latin, Phillis published her first poem in 1767 at the age of 14, winning much public attention and considerable fame. When Boston publishers who doubted its authenticity rejected an initial collection of her poetry, Wheatley sailed to London in 1773 and found a publisher there for Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral.

This volume collects both Wheatley's letters and her poetry: hymns, elegies, translations, philosophical poems, tales, and epyllions-including a poignant plea to the Earl of Dartmouth urging freedom for America and comparing the country's condition to her own. With her contemplative elegies and her use of the poetic imagination to escape an unsatisfactory world, Wheatley anticipated the Romantic Movement of the following century. The appendices to this edition include poems of Wheatley's contemporary African-American poets: Lucy Terry, Jupiter Harmon, and Francis Williams.

General

Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia
Country of origin: Australia
Release date: February 2001
First published: February 2001
Authors: Phillis Wheatley
Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-042430-0
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > 16th to 18th centuries
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > American studies
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > 16th to 18th centuries > Works by individual poets
LSN: 0-14-042430-X
Barcode: 9780140424300

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