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Phillis Wheatley and the Romantics

Phillis Wheatley and the Romantics( )
Author: Shields, John C.
ISBN:978-1-57233-705-3
Publication Date:Aug 2010
Publisher:University of Tennessee Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $34.95
Book Description:

Phillis Wheatley was the first African American to publish a book. Born in Gambia in 1753, she came to America aboard a slave ship, the Phillis. From an early age, Wheatley exhibited a profound gift for verse, publishing her first poem in 1767. Her tribute to a famed pastor, "On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield," followed in 1770, catapulting her into the international spotlight, and publication of her 1773 Poems on Various Subjects Religious and Moral in...
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Book Details
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Poetry
Literary Criticism / American / African American & Black
Literary Criticism / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.2 x 9.2 x 0.6 Inches
Author Biography
Shields, John C. (Author)
John C. Shields is professor of English at Illinois State University. He is the editor of The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley, has edited several numbers of Style, and has served as an advisory editor to The Oxford Companion to African American Literature and to the twenty-three-volume American National Biography. His articles have appeared in American Literature, Studies in Philology, Studies in Short Fiction, African American Review, and other publications.

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