Phillis Wheatley's poetics of liberation : backgrounds and contexts / John C. Shields.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shields, John C., 1944-
Language:English
Published: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2008], ©2008.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Wheatley, Phillis, > 1753-1784 > Criticism and interpretation.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > African influences.
Physical Description:xii, 236 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.