Phillis Wheatley

Broschiertes Buch

The Poems of Phillis Wheatley

With Letters and a Memoir

Beschreibung

At the age of 19, Phillis Wheatley was the first black American poet to publish a book. Her elegies and odes offer fascinating glimpses of the beginnings of African-American literary traditions. Includes a selection from the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

Autor

The first published African-American poet, Phillis Wheatley (1753-84) was born in West Africa, captured, and sold as a slave to the Wheatley family of Boston. Educated alongside her master's children, Wheatley achieved international renown with her initial poems but slipped into obscurity shortly afterward and died in poverty.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dover Publications Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 141mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 126g
• ISBN-13: 9780486475936
• ISBN-10: 048647593X
• Artikelnr.: 28521932