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Author:

Baxter, Wallis C., III, author.

Title:

Phillis Wheatley as prophetic poet : you must be born again / Wallis C. Baxter III.

Publisher:

Lexington Books,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xii, 141 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Wheatley, Phillis,--1753-1784--Criticism and interpretation.
Wheatley, Phillis,--1753-1784--Religion.
Wheatley, Phillis,--1753-1784.
1700-1799
Liberation theology in literature.
African Americans--Religious life.
Religious poetry, American--History and criticism.
American poetry--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American poetry--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Poetry, Modern--18th century--History and criticism.
African American women poets--Biography.
Religious poetry.
Criticism.
African American women poets.
American poetry--African American authors.
American poetry--Women authors.
Liberation theology in literature.
Poetry, Modern.
Religion.
Religious poetry, American.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: "I plead the first!" : writing a new America -- Phillis Wheatley, the poet-theologian -- Encountering God through the preacher : Wheatley's influences -- The spoken word : on Isaiah 63:1-8 -- Created in the imagination -- Salvation is available -- The story behind the voice -- Epilogue: To whom much is given.

Summary:

"In You Must Be Born Again: Phillis Wheatley as Prophetic Poet the author presents Phillis Wheatley as a preacher and theologian committed to transforming her world through her poetry. The result is a prophetic message of hope for the oppressed and corrective instruction for the institutional power structures"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Rhetoric, race, and religion

ISBN:

179364120X
9781793641205

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1273914250

LCCN:

2021053815

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)