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...

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1. Verfasser: Carretta, Vincent
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2011.
©2011
Schriftenreihe:Sarah Mills Hodge Fund publication.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (318 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-259) and index.
ISBN:9780820347042
0820347043
1306426014
9781306426015

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