New essays on Phillis Wheatley / edited by John C. Shields and Eric D. Lamore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shields, John C., 1944-

Lamore, Eric D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784--Criticism and interpretation.

Wheatley, Phillis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first African American to publish a book on any subject, poet Phillis Wheatley (1753?-1784) has long been denigrated by literary critics who refused to believe that a black woman could produce such dense, intellectual work, let alone influence Romantic-period giants like Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Indeed, Thomas Jefferson once declared that "the compositions published under her name are below dignity of criticism." In recent decades, however, Wheatley's work has come under new scrutiny as the literature of the eighteenth century and the impact of African American literature h

Contents:

pt. 1. Examining new manifestations of classicism in the poetics of Phillis Wheatley

pt. 2. Placing Phillis Wheatley in newly applied historical contexts.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613239334

9781283239332

1283239337

9781572338012

1572338016

OCLC:

741492982