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Complete Writings

Author : Phillis Wheatley
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780140424300
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Complete Writings written by Phillis Wheatley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-02-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Poems of Phillis Wheatley

Author : Phillis Wheatley
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486115291
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book The Poems of Phillis Wheatley written by Phillis Wheatley and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of 19, Phillis Wheatley was the first black American poet to publish a book. Her elegies and odes offer fascinating glimpses of the beginnings of African-American literary traditions. Includes a selection from the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

Complete Writings

Author : Phillis Wheatley
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 014042430X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Complete Writings written by Phillis Wheatley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-02-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Poems of Phillis Wheatley

Author : Phillis Wheatley
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469616971
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book The Poems of Phillis Wheatley written by Phillis Wheatley and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-08-25 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly thirty-five years Julian Mason's The Poems of Phillis Wheatley (1966) has been the standard edition of the poems and letters of this young black poet of eighteenth-century Boston. This new edition has been extensively revised in light of Wheatley scholarship since its publication. It has been expanded to include all of the fifty-six poems and twenty-two letters now known to be by Wheatley, the significant variants of the poems, and the four Proposals for publication of her works, all of them annotated. This edition contains the recently discovered poem "Ocean," new information about Wheatley's library (including a southern connection), a more accurate reading of a letter central to understanding the response to her 1772 Proposals, new variants of two poems, and a new reading of her George Washington poem. By going back to the original manuscripts (and to first printings when the manuscripts are not extant), Mason has provided the fullest and most accurate edition of Wheatley's poems and letters yet produced. The new index and bibliography assure the volume's usefulness for the scholar, the student, and the general reader.

Poems of Phillis Wheatley

Author : Phillis Wheatley
Publisher : Applewood Books
ISBN 13 : 1557092338
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Poems of Phillis Wheatley written by Phillis Wheatley and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rev. ed. of: Memoir and poems of Phillis Wheatley, a native African and a slave.

The Poems of Phillis Wheatley

Author : Phillis Wheatley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780807809846
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book The Poems of Phillis Wheatley written by Phillis Wheatley and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poems by the young black slave with biographical and critical commentaries on her short career

The Trials of Phillis Wheatley

Author : Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458715302
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book The Trials of Phillis Wheatley written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1773, the slave Phillis Wheatley literally wrote her way to freedom. The first person of African descent to publish a book of poems in English, she was emancipated by her owners in recognition of her literary achievement. For a time, Wheatley was the most famous black woman in the West. But Thomas Jefferson, unlike his contemporaries Ben Franklin and George Washington, refused to acknowledge her gifts as a writer a repudiation that eventually inspired generations of black writers to build an extraordinary body of literature in their efforts to prove him wrong. In The Trials of Phillis Wheatley, Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the pivotal roles that Wheatley and Jefferson played in shaping the black literary tradition. Writing with all the lyricism and critical skill that place him at the forefront of American letters, Gates brings to life the characters, debates, and controversy that surrounded Wheatley in her day and ours.

The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley

Author : Phillis Wheatley
Publisher : Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers
ISBN 13 : 9780195060850
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley written by Phillis Wheatley and published by Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers. This book was released on 1988 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains the complete works of the first African-American to publish a book of poetry.

The Poems of Phillis Wheatley, as They Were Originally Published in London, 1773 - Scholar's Choice Edition

Author : Phillis Wheatley
Publisher : Scholar's Choice
ISBN 13 : 9781296395599
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (955 download)

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Download or read book The Poems of Phillis Wheatley, as They Were Originally Published in London, 1773 - Scholar's Choice Edition written by Phillis Wheatley and published by Scholar's Choice. This book was released on 2015-02-19 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Poems of Phillis Wheatley, as They Were Originally Published in London, 1773 (1909)

Author : Phillis Wheatley
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781498168809
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (688 download)

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Download or read book The Poems of Phillis Wheatley, as They Were Originally Published in London, 1773 (1909) written by Phillis Wheatley and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1909 Edition.

The Poems of Phillis Wheatley, as They Were Originally Published in London, 1773

Author : Phillis Wheatley
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781016473637
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book The Poems of Phillis Wheatley, as They Were Originally Published in London, 1773 written by Phillis Wheatley and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Phillis Wheatley

Author : Phillis Wheatley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781913724146
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (241 download)

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Download or read book Phillis Wheatley written by Phillis Wheatley and published by . This book was released on 2020-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1773, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral became the first book of poetry by an African-American author to be published. At the tender age of seven, Phillis had been brought to Massachusetts as a slave and sold to the well-to-do Wheatley family. There, she threw herself into education, and soon she was devouring the classics and writing verse with whatever she had to hand - odes in chalk on the walls of the house. Once her talent became known, there was uproar, and in 1772 she was interrogated by a panel of 'the most respectable characters in Boston' and forced to defend the ownership of her own words, since many believed that it was an impossible that she, an African-American slave, could write poetry of such high quality.As related in the 1834 memoir by an outspoken proponent of antislavery, B.B. Thatcher, also included in this volume, the road to publication was not straight, and while it became clear that such a volume could not be published in America at the time, Phillis was recommended to a London publisher, who brought out the book - albeit with an attestation as to her authorship, as well as a 'letter from her master' and a short preface asking the reader's indulgence. This edition includes the attestation, the 'letter from her master' and notes from the original publishers as an appendix, so that the twenty-first-century reader can discover Phillis Wheatley as she should have been read - as a poet, not property.

New Essays on Phillis Wheatley

Author : John C. Shields
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 1572337265
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (723 download)

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Download or read book New Essays on Phillis Wheatley written by John C. Shields and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2011-05-30 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. 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 have been reconceived. Fourteen prominent Wheatley scholars consider her work from a variety of angles, affirming her rise into the first rank of American writers. --from publisher description.

The Age of Phillis

Author : Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 0819579513
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book The Age of Phillis written by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An arresting and meticulously researched collection of poems” about the life of Phillis Wheatley, the first black woman to publish a book in America (Ms. Magazine). In 1773, a young African American woman named Phillis Wheatley published a book of poetry, Poems on various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773). When Wheatley’s book appeared, her words would challenge Western prejudices about African and female intellectual capabilities. Her words would astound many and irritate others, but one thing was clear: This young woman was extraordinary. Based on fifteen years of archival research, The Age of Phillis, by award-winning writer Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, imagines the life and times of Wheatley: her childhood with her parents in the Gambia, West Africa, her life with her white American owners, her friendship with Obour Tanner, her marriage to the enigmatic John Peters, and her untimely death at the age of about thirty-three. Woven throughout are poems about Wheatley's “age”—the era that encompassed political, philosophical, and religious upheaval, as well as the transatlantic slave trade. For the first time in verse, Wheatley’s relationship to black people and their individual “mercies” is foregrounded, and here we see her as not simply a racial or literary symbol, but a human being who lived and loved while making her indelible mark on history.

Phillis Wheatley and the Romantics

Author : John C. Shields
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 1572337052
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (723 download)

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Download or read book Phillis Wheatley and the Romantics written by John C. Shields and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2010-08-19 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book very conclusively debunks the over two-hundred-year-old conventional wisdom that Wheatley owes her poetic sensibilities to Alexander Pope. ... It will help rejuvenate the study of Wheatley and will be an exciting contribution to scholarly discourse on Wheatley's poetry."--Cedrick May, author of Evangelism and Resistance in the Black Atlantic, 1760-1835. 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.

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

Author : Phillis Wheatley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral written by Phillis Wheatley and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave

Author : Phillis Wheatley
Publisher : Franklin Classics
ISBN 13 : 9780343372446
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (724 download)

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Download or read book Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave written by Phillis Wheatley and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.