Book
The age of Phillis
Record details
- ISBN: 0819579491
- ISBN: 9780819579492
- ISBN: 9780819579492
- ISBN: 0819579491
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Physical Description:
213 pages ; 24 cm.
print - Publisher: Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2020]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary, etc.: | "In 1773, a young, African American woman named Phillis Wheatley published a book of poetry that challenged Western prejudices about African and female intellectual capabilities. Based on fifteen years of archival research, The Age of Phillis, by award-winning writer Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, imagines the life and times of Wheatley: her childhood in the Gambia, West Africa, her life with her white American owners, her friendship with Obour Tanner, and her marriage to the enigmatic John Peters. Woven throughout are poems about Wheatley's "age"--the era that encompassed political, philosophical, and religious upheaval, as well as the transatlantic slave trade. For the first time in verse, Wheatley's relationship to black people and their individual "mercies" is foregrounded, and here we see her as not simply a racial or literary symbol, but a human being who lived and loved while making her indelible mark on history." -- |
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| Subject: | Wheatley, Phillis 1753-1784 Poetry Enslaved persons African American women authors Poetry Women slaves Massachusetts Boston Poetry Slavery Massachusetts History 18th century Poetry |
| Genre: | Poetry. |
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- 4 of 4 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 3 of 3 copies available at Bridgeport Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport | 811 JEFFERS (Text) | 34000147983944 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | 811 JEFFERS (Text) | 34000147983951 | Adult Nonfiction | Display | - |
| Newfield Branch - Bridgeport | 811 JEFFERS (Text) | 34000151368974 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | 811.54 JEF (Text) | 34005148705311 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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