1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465088303321

Titolo

Biomass gasification [[electronic resource] ] : chemistry, processes, and applications / / Jean-Pierre Badeau and Albrecht Levi, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2009

ISBN

1-61122-683-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (490 p.)

Collana

Renewable energy. Research, development and policies series

Altri autori (Persone)

BadeauJean-Pierre

LeviAlbrecht

Disciplina

665.7/76

Soggetti

Biomass gasification

Chemical technology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781693303321

Titolo

New essays on Phillis Wheatley [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John C. Shields and Eric D. Lamore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-23933-7

9786613239334

1-57233-801-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (432 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ShieldsJohn C. <1944->

LamoreEric D

Disciplina

811/.1

Soggetti

American literature - African American authors - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Examining new manifestations of classicism in the poetics of Phillis Wheatley -- pt. 2. Placing Phillis Wheatley in newly applied historical contexts.

Sommario/riassunto

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, let alone influence Romantic-period giants  like Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Indeed, Thomas Jefferson once declared  that "the compositions published under her name are below dignity of  criticism." 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 h