Phillis Wheatley's poetics of liberation : backgrounds and contexts /
Shields, John C., 1944-
Phillis Wheatley's poetics of liberation : backgrounds and contexts / John C. Shields. - 1st ed. - Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2008. - xii, 236 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-229) and index.
A poetics of liberation -- Wheatley considered intellectually impoverished: the first 190 years -- Wheatley intellectually gifted-maybe: the last 25 years -- African origins -- Post-African religious development -- Intellectual development -- The dignity of Wheatley's poems restored.
9781572334991 (acidfree paper) 1572334991 (acid-free paper)
2007037805
Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784 --Criticism and interpretation.
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
American literature--African influences.
PS866.W5 / Z697 2008
811/.1
Phillis Wheatley's poetics of liberation : backgrounds and contexts / John C. Shields. - 1st ed. - Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2008. - xii, 236 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-229) and index.
A poetics of liberation -- Wheatley considered intellectually impoverished: the first 190 years -- Wheatley intellectually gifted-maybe: the last 25 years -- African origins -- Post-African religious development -- Intellectual development -- The dignity of Wheatley's poems restored.
9781572334991 (acidfree paper) 1572334991 (acid-free paper)
2007037805
Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784 --Criticism and interpretation.
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
American literature--African influences.
PS866.W5 / Z697 2008
811/.1