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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789028703321

Autore

Carretta Vincent

Titolo

Phillis Wheatley : biography of a genius in bondage / / Vincent Carretta ; April Leidig-Higgins, design

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Georgia : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

0-8203-4704-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication

Altri autori (Persone)

Leidig-HigginsApril

Disciplina

811/.1

Soggetti

African American women poets

Poets, American - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Enslaved persons - United States

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

"On being brought from Africa to America" -- "Thoughts on the works of Providence" -- "I prefer the verse" -- "A wonder of the age indeed!" -- "A farewell to America" -- "Now upon my own footing" -- "An elegy on leaving".

Sommario/riassunto

Reveals the fascinating life of Phillis Wheatley, the first English-speaking person of African descent to publish a book, and only the second woman to do so in America, and also to do so while she was a slave and a teenager.