Phillis Wheatley's Miltonic Poetics

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Loscocco, P.

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Springer Palgrave Macmillanerschienen am12.12.20142014

Phillis Wheatley, the African-born slave poet, is considered by many to be a pioneer of Anglo-American poetics. This study argues how in her 1773 POEMS, Wheatley uses John Milton's poetry to develop an idealistic vision of an emerging Anglo-American republic comprised of Britons, Africans, Native Americans, and women.mehr

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KlappentextPhillis Wheatley, the African-born slave poet, is considered by many to be a pioneer of Anglo-American poetics. This study argues how in her 1773 POEMS, Wheatley uses John Milton's poetry to develop an idealistic vision of an emerging Anglo-American republic comprised of Britons, Africans, Native Americans, and women.

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ISBN/GTIN978-1-137-47477-3

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Springer Palgrave Macmillan

Erscheinungsjahr2014

Erscheinungsdatum12.12.2014

Auflage2014

Seiten154 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

Gewicht367 g

IllustrationenXIV, 154 p.

Artikel-Nr.33159297

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Prologue: "the humble Afric muse's seat" 1. Conspiracy Theory: "Britannia's distant shore" 2. Authority and Challenge: "Where shall a sov'reign remedy be found?" 3. Wheatley's Fanciful Sublime: "What songs should rise!" Epiloguemehr