Phillis Wheatley : biography of a genius in bondage / / Vincent Carretta ; April Leidig-Higgins, design
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| Autore: |
Carretta Vincent
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| Titolo: |
Phillis Wheatley : biography of a genius in bondage / / Vincent Carretta ; April Leidig-Higgins, design
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| Pubblicazione: | Athens, Georgia : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2011 |
| ©2011 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina: | 811/.1 |
| Soggetto topico: | African American women poets |
| Poets, American - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | |
| Enslaved persons - United States | |
| Altri autori: |
Leidig-HigginsApril
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| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Phillis Wheatley |
| ISBN: | 0-8203-4704-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910789028703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication