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Author:
Carretta, Vincent, author.
Title:
Phillis Wheatley Peters : biography of a genius in bondage / Vincent Carretta.
Edition:
2023 edition.
Publisher:
The University of Georgia Press,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
xvi, 287 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm
Subject:
Wheatley, Phillis,--1753-1784.
Wheatley, Phillis,--1753-1784
1600-1775
African American women poets--Biography.
Poets, American--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Biography.
Enslaved persons--United States--Biography.
African American women poets
Poets, American--Colonial period
Enslaved persons
United States
Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Notes:
"A Sarah Mills Hodge Fund publication"--Title page verso. Edition statement from "Preface to the 2023 Edition", page ix. Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-270) and index.
Contents:
"On being brought from Africa to America" -- "Thoughts on the works of providence" -- "I prefer the verse" -- "A wonder of the age indeed!" -- "A farewell to America" -- "Now upon my own footing" -- "The uncertain duration of all things temporal".
Summary:
"This new edition incorporates significant discoveries that Carretta and others have made since the book's initial publication about Wheatley's education, affiliations, activities, publications, marriage, husband, maternity, later years, and the posthumous survival of the manuscript of her proposed second volume of writings. Moreover, this new edition gives Carretta the opportunity to reconsider some previously available evidence"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0820363324
9780820363325
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1333689476
LCCN:
2022029650
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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