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.
- ISBN10 1322474826
- ISBN13 9781322474823
- Publish Date 17 December 2014 (first published 12 December 2014)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 4 March 2015
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
- Imprint Palgrave Pivot
- Format eBook
- Pages 169
- Language English