Shields, John C.,  1944- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-229) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781572334991 (acidfree paper) 1572334991 (acid-free paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007037805 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784 --Criticism and interpretation.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.<br/>American literature--African influences.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS866.W5  / Z697 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>811/.1