The collected works of Phillis Wheatley / edited with an essay by John C. Shields.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784.

Contributor:

Shields, John, 1944-, editor, writer of essay.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Schomburg library of nineteenth-century Black women writers

The Schomburg library of nineteenth-century Black women writers.

Standardized Title:

Works. 1988

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784--Correspondence.

Wheatley, Phillis.

Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784.

Poets, American--18th century--Correspondence.

Poets, American.

Genre:

Correspondence.

Personal correspondence.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xl, 339 pages, 1 unnumbered page : portrait ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.

Contents:

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (As originally appeared in 1773 edition published by A. Bell, London)

Extant Poems Not Included in the 1773 Poems

Prose

Variant Poems and Letters

Phillis Wheatley's Struggle for Freedom in Her Poetry and Prose / by John C. Shields.

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published : London : A. Bell 1773.

"Whenever possible, the volumes in this set were reproduced directly from original materials. When availability, physical condition of original texts, or other circumstances prohibited this, volumes or portions of volumes were reset."-- Publisher's Note.

Includes bibliographical references.

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - Nonfiction, Winner, 1989

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

0195052412

0195052676

OCLC:

16078609