Phillis Wheatley's Miltonic Poetics
Description
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.
Keywords
Literary CriticismPoetryModernAmericanEuropeanSocial ScienceGender StudiesLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & Comparative
2014Book
Author(s)Paula Loscocco
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9781137474773
LanguageEnglish
