LEADER 02556nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910456582303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-23933-7 010 $a9786613239334 010 $a1-57233-801-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000000041515 035 $a(EBL)735428 035 $a(OCoLC)741492982 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000524436 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12210349 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524436 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10545924 035 $a(PQKB)11111131 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC735428 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18497 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL735428 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10485598 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL323933 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000041515 100 $a20110124d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aNew essays on Phillis Wheatley$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by John C. Shields and Eric D. Lamore 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aKnoxville $cUniversity of Tennessee Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (432 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57233-726-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Examining new manifestations of classicism in the poetics of Phillis Wheatley -- pt. 2. Placing Phillis Wheatley in newly applied historical contexts. 330 $aThe 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 606 $aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a811/.1 701 $aShields$b John C.$f1944-$01034012 701 $aLamore$b Eric D$01034013 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456582303321 996 $aNew essays on Phillis Wheatley$92452872 997 $aUNINA