Phillis Wheatley's Miltonic Poetics

Loscocco, P.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Pivot

Publication Date: 2014-12-12

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137474773

DOI: 10.1057/9781137470058

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 154