The Slave Poet From Boston Collected Writings On Phillis Wheatley
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The Slave Poet From Boston Collected Writings On Phillis Wheatley
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Author : Various
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2022-02-08
The Slave Poet From Boston Collected Writings On Phillis Wheatley written by Various and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753–1784) was an American freed slave and poet who wrote the first book of poetry by an African-American. Sold into slavery in West Africa at the age of around seven, she was taken to North America, where she served the Wheatley family of Boston. Phillis was tutored in reading and writing by Mary, the Wheatleys' 18-year-old daughter, and was reading Latin and Greek classics from the age of twelve. Encouraged by the progressive Wheatleys who recognised her incredible literary talent, she wrote "To the University of Cambridge" when she was 14. By 20 had found patronage in Selina Hastings, countess of Huntingdon. Her works garnered acclaim in both England and the colonies, and she became the first African American to make a living as a poet. This volume contains a fantastic collection of assorted writings by various authors on the subject of Wheatley, exploring her interesting life and influential work. Contents include: "Introduction from Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, 1834", "Letter from George Washington to Phillis", "An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatley by Jupiter Hammon", "A Memoir from Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, 1834", "Phillis Wheatley by William Wells Brown", "Phillis Wheatley by L. Maria Child", "Phillis Wheatley by A. Mott And M. S. Wood", "An Excerpt by George Washington Williams", "Phillis Wheatley by Benjamin Griffith Brawley", "Jupiter Hammon and Phillis Wheatley by Robert Thomas Kerlin", etc. Brilliant Women are proudly publishing this brand new collection of classic essays and excerpts for a new generation of readers.
Complete Writings
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Author : Phillis Wheatley
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2001-02-01
Complete Writings written by Phillis Wheatley and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-01 with Poetry categories.
The extraordinary writings of Phillis Wheatley, a slave girl turned published poet 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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Poems Of Phillis Wheatley
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Author : Phillis Wheatley
language : en
Publisher: Applewood Books
Release Date : 1995
Poems Of Phillis Wheatley written by Phillis Wheatley and has been published by Applewood Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Poetry categories.
Rev. ed. of: Memoir and poems of Phillis Wheatley, a native African and a slave.
The Poems Of Phillis Wheatley
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Author : Phillis Wheatley
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 1989
The Poems Of Phillis Wheatley written by Phillis Wheatley and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Poetry categories.
Collects poems by the young Black slave with critical commentaries on her short career
The Collected Works Of Phillis Wheatley
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Author : Phillis Wheatley
language : en
Publisher: Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers
Release Date : 1988
The Collected Works Of Phillis Wheatley written by Phillis Wheatley and has been published by Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Fiction categories.
Contains the complete works of the first African-American to publish a book of poetry.
The Poems Of Phillis Wheatley
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Author : Phillis Wheatley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-03-02
The Poems Of Phillis Wheatley written by Phillis Wheatley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-02 with categories.
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773) is the first book of poetry published by an African American author. Written while Wheatley was a slave in Boston, the collection was published in England. Regarded for her mastery of classical poetic form, Phillis Wheatley earned praise from Voltaire and George Washington. Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral has long been the subject of scholarly work on the history of African American literature, with some critics arguing that Wheatley's poems proved detrimental to the struggle of enslaved African Americans. Whether Wheatley made excuses for slavery or, as some have argued, included subtle critiques of the institution in her writing, her talent and importance to the history of African American literature remain undisputed. Despite her status as a slave, Phillis Wheatley seems to have viewed herself as a blessed individual, a woman for whom life itself was a sign of God's grace, and in whom talent arose in the form of a foreign language. Many of her poems--elegies, odes, and monologues--are aimed at others. Whether in mourning, in praise, or in warning, Wheatley frequently offers her own voice to university students, royalty, God, the muses, and deceased infants. When she does offer glimpses of herself, for instance, in her poem "On Being Brought from Africa to America," she provides a complex perspective on her status as a slave: "'Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land, / Taught my benighted soul to understand / That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too." While her words may seem strange to our modern view of the American institution of slavery, they provide an important historical lens onto the adoption of Christianity by African American slaves, who developed a faith grounded in resistance, hope, and redemption. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Phillis Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral is a classic of African American literature reimagined for modern readers.
Memoir And Poems Of Phillis Wheatley A Native African And A Slave
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Author : Phillis Wheatley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1834
Memoir And Poems Of Phillis Wheatley A Native African And A Slave written by Phillis Wheatley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1834 with African American poets categories.
Poems On Various Subjects Religious And Moral
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Author : Phillis Wheatley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1793
Poems On Various Subjects Religious And Moral written by Phillis Wheatley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1793 with categories.
Being Brought From Africa To America The Best Of Phillis Wheatley
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Author : Phillis Wheatley
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2020-07-31
Being Brought From Africa To America The Best Of Phillis Wheatley written by Phillis Wheatley and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-31 with Poetry categories.
Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753–1784) was an American freed slave and poet who wrote the first book of poetry by an African-American. Sold into a slavery in West Africa at the age of around seven, she was taken to North America where she served the Wheatley family of Boston. Phillis was tutored in reading and writing by Mary, the Wheatleys' 18-year-old daughter, and was reading Latin and Greek classics from the age of twelve. Encouraged by the progressive Wheatleys who recognised her incredible literary talent, she wrote "To the University of Cambridge” when she was 14 and by 20 had found patronage in the form of Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon. Her works garnered acclaim in both England and the colonies and she became the first African American to make a living as a poet. This volume contains a collection of Wheatley's best poetry, including the titular poem “Being Brought from Africa to America”. Contents include: “Phillis Wheatley”, “Phillis Wheatley by Benjamin Brawley”, “To Maecenas”, “On Virtue”, “To the University of Cambridge”, “To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty”, “On Being Brought from Africa to America”, “On the Death of the Rev. Dr. Sewell”, “On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield”, etc. Ragged Hand is proudly publishing this brand new collection of classic poetry with a specially-commissioned biography of the author.
Poems On Various Subjects Religious And Moral
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Author : Phillis Wheatley
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2019-11-20
Poems On Various Subjects Religious And Moral written by Phillis Wheatley and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-20 with Poetry categories.
'Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New England' is a collection of 39 poems written by Phillis Wheatley, the first professional African-American woman poet in America and the first African-American woman whose writings were published.