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Phillis Wheatley

- Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral and A Memoir of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave
Af: Phillis Wheatley Engelsk Paperback

Phillis Wheatley

- Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral and A Memoir of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave
Af: Phillis Wheatley Engelsk Paperback
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In 1773, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral became the first book of poetry by an African-American author to be published. At the tender age of seven, Phillis had been brought to Massachusetts as a slave and sold to the well-to-do Wheatley family. There, she threw herself into education, and soon she was devouring the classics and writing verse with whatever she had to hand – odes in chalk on the walls of the house. Once her talent became known, there was uproar, and in 1772 she was interrogated by a panel of ''the most respectable characters in Boston'' and forced to defend the ownership of her own words, since many believed that it was an impossible that she, an African-American slave, could write poetry of such high quality.As related in the 1834 memoir by an outspoken proponent of antislavery, B.B. Thatcher, also included in this volume, the road to publication was not straight, and while it became clear that such a volume could not be published in America at the time, Phillis was recommended to a London publisher, who brought out the book – albeit with an attestation as to her authorship, as well as a ''letter from her master'' and a short preface asking the reader''s indulgence. This edition includes the attestation, the ''letter from her master'' and notes from the original publishers as an appendix, so that the twenty-first-century reader can discover Phillis Wheatley as she should have been read – as a poet, not property.
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In 1773, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral became the first book of poetry by an African-American author to be published. At the tender age of seven, Phillis had been brought to Massachusetts as a slave and sold to the well-to-do Wheatley family. There, she threw herself into education, and soon she was devouring the classics and writing verse with whatever she had to hand – odes in chalk on the walls of the house. Once her talent became known, there was uproar, and in 1772 she was interrogated by a panel of ''the most respectable characters in Boston'' and forced to defend the ownership of her own words, since many believed that it was an impossible that she, an African-American slave, could write poetry of such high quality.As related in the 1834 memoir by an outspoken proponent of antislavery, B.B. Thatcher, also included in this volume, the road to publication was not straight, and while it became clear that such a volume could not be published in America at the time, Phillis was recommended to a London publisher, who brought out the book – albeit with an attestation as to her authorship, as well as a ''letter from her master'' and a short preface asking the reader''s indulgence. This edition includes the attestation, the ''letter from her master'' and notes from the original publishers as an appendix, so that the twenty-first-century reader can discover Phillis Wheatley as she should have been read – as a poet, not property.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 128
ISBN-13: 9781913724146
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 191372414X
Kategori: Slaveri og afskaffelse af slaveri
Udg. Dato: 28 okt 2020
Længde: 15mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 129mm
Forlag: Renard Press Ltd
Oplagsdato: 28 okt 2020
Forfatter(e): Phillis Wheatley
Forfatter(e) Phillis Wheatley

Kategori Slaveri og afskaffelse af slaveri

ISBN-13 9781913724146

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 128

Udgave

Længde 15mm

Bredde 197mm

Højde 129mm

Udg. Dato 28 okt 2020

Oplagsdato 28 okt 2020

Forlag Renard Press Ltd