Phillis Wheatley : biography of a genius in bondage / Vincent Carretta.
Phillis Wheatley : biography of a genius in bondage / Vincent Carretta.
Phillis Wheatley : biography of a genius in bondage / Vincent Carretta.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2011.
Call Numbers
N811.1/1
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiv, 279 p., [22] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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" -- "An elegy on leaving".
Publication information
Publisher
Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2011.
Place of Publication
Georgia
Date Published
c2011.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Reveals the fascinating life of Phillis Wheatley, the first English-speaking person of African descent to publish a book, and only the second woman to do so in America, and also to do so while she was a slave and a teenager.
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Full title
Phillis Wheatley : biography of a genius in bondage / Vincent Carretta.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-259) and index.
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Date Copyright
c2011.
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Call Numbers
N811.1/1
Record Identifier
74VvW77RNXPy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvW77RNXPy
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ISBN
0820333387 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780820333380 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
811.1 B
MMS ID
991011932519702626
