Description: Title: The Poems of Phillis Wheatley Author: Wheatley, Phillis Publisher: Mint Editions Binding: Paperback Pages: 80 Dimensions: 4.90h x 7.80w x 0.30d Product Weight: 0.18 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9781513277417 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. Ships Fast From The USA! Authorized Dealer
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Book Title: Poems of Phillis Wheatley
Number of Pages: 80 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Mint Editions
Topic: American / African American, Women Authors, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year: 2021
Genre: Poetry
Item Length: 8 in
Author: Phillis Wheatley
Item Width: 5 in
Book Series: Black Narratives Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
