P. Loscocco

Phillis Wheatley's Miltonic Poetics (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137470058
• Artikelnr.: 46753907

Autorenporträt

Paula Loscocco is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Lehman College, CUNY, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: "the humble Afric muse's seat" 1. Conspiracy Theory: "Britannia's distant shore" 2. Authority and Challenge: "Where shall a sov'reign remedy be found?" 3. Wheatley's Fanciful Sublime: "What songs should rise!" Epilogue

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Prologue: "the humble Afric muse's seat" 1. Conspiracy Theory: "Britannia's distant shore" 2. Authority and Challenge: "Where shall a sov'reign remedy be found?" 3. Wheatley's Fanciful Sublime: "What songs should rise!" Epilogue