Phillis Wheatley's Miltonic Poetics

Phillis Wheatley, the African-born slave poet, is considered by many to be a pioneer of Anglo-American poetics. This study argues how in her 1773 POEMS, Wheatley uses John Milton's poetry to develop an idealistic vision of an emerging Anglo-American republic comprised of Britons, Africans, Native Americans, and women.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Loscocco, P.
Published: 12/12/2014
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
ISBN: 9781137474773
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d