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The Poems of Phillis Wheatley Wheatley Phillis Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773) is the first book of poetry published by an African American author. Regarded for her mastery of…
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The Poems of Phillis Wheatley Wheatley Phillis
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773) is the first book of poetry published by an African American author. Regarded for her mastery of classical poetic form, Phillis Wheatley earned praise from Voltaire and George Washington. Written while Wheatley was a slave in Boston, the collection was published in England.
Whether Wheatley made excuses for slavery or, as some have argued, included subtle critiques of the institution in her writing, her talent and importance to the history of African American literature remain undisputed.Despite her status as a slave, Phillis Wheatley seems to have viewed Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral has long been the subject of scholarly work on the history of African American literature, with some critics arguing that Wheatley's poems proved detrimental to the struggle of enslaved African Americans.
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