Poems of Phillis Wheatley
Autor Phillis Wheatleyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 1995
Phillis Wheatley was America's first published Black poet. Her poems were published before the Revolutionary War and were recognized throughout the English speaking world. She was born in Africa, sold as a slave in America, and became a celebrity in Europe. In addition to the poems of Phillis Wheatley, this volume contains a short and poignant memoir of her life.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781557092335
ISBN-10: 1557092338
Pagini: 108
Dimensiuni: 132 x 203 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.13 kg
Editura: Applewood Books
ISBN-10: 1557092338
Pagini: 108
Dimensiuni: 132 x 203 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.13 kg
Editura: Applewood Books
Descriere
Phillis Wheatley was America's first published Black poet. Her poems were published before the Revolutionary War and were recognized throughout the English speaking world. She was born in Africa, sold as a slave in America, and became a celebrity in Europe. In addition to the poems of Phillis Wheatley, this volume contains a short and poignant memoir of her life.
Notă biografică
Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) was an African American poet. Born in West Africa, she was stolen into slavery as a young girl and purchased by the Wheatley family of Boston. Raised to work as a servant for Susanna Wheatley, she was tutored by the Wheatley children in reading and writing, learning Greek and Latin by the age of twelve and writing her first poem at fourteen. Recognizing her talent, the Wheatley family sought publication for her work, eventually moving Phillis to London at the age of twenty in search of wealthy patrons. In 1773, her Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral became the first book of poetry ever published by an African American author, earning her worldwide fame and the acclaim of such figures as George Washington, Jupiter Hammon, Voltaire, and John Paul Jones. That same year, she was emancipated by the Wheatleys, and in 1778 she married a free black businessman named John Peters. Her final years were plagued with illness, debt, and manual labor; her death at the age of thirty-one cut short the improbable life of a true pioneer of American literature.
Cuprins
Dedication
To the Public
Preface
Mr. Wheatley's Letter to the Publisher
Poems: To Maecenas On virtue On being brought from Africa to America To the University of Cambridge, in New England To the Kings's Most Excellent Majesty On the Death of the Rev. Dr. Sewell On the Death of the Rev. George Whitfield On the Death of a Young Lady of five years of age On the Death of a Young Gentleman To a Lady, on the Death of her Husband Goliath of Gath Thoughts on the Works of Providence To a Lady, on the Death of three Relationships To a Clergyman on the Death of his Lady Hymn of the Morning Hymn of the Evening Isaiah-63rd Chap. 1st and 8th Verses On Recollection On Imagination A Funeral Poem on the Death Of C.E., an Infant of twelve months To Captain H-----D To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth Ode to Neptune, on Mrs. W----'s Voyage to England To a Lady, on her coming to North America with her Son , for the Recovery of her Health To a Lady, on her remarkable Preservation in a Hurricane, in North Carolina To a Lady and her Children, on the Death of her Son and their Brother To a Gentleman and Lady, on the Death of the Lady's Brother and sister, and a Child of the name of Avis, aged one year On the Death of Dr. Samuel Marshall To a Gentleman, on his voyage to Great Britain, for the Recovery of his Health To the Rev. Dr. Thomas Amory, on reading his Sermons on Daily Devotion, in which that Duty is recommended and assisted On the Death of J.C., an Infant A Hymn to Humanity To the Hon. T.H., Esq., on the Death of his Daughter Niobe in Distress for her Children slain by Apollo To S.M., a young African Painter, on seeing his Works To his Honor the Lieutenant Governor, on the Death of his Lady A Farewell to America A Rebus Answer to the Rebus
Memoir
Textul de pe ultima copertă
For the last twenty years Julian Mason's The Poems of Phillis Wheatley has been the standard edition of the poems and letters of this young black poet of eighteenth-century Boston.