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Destined to become the first published woman of African descent, Phillis Wheatley was born around 1753. She was taken by the slave ship Phillisto Boston in 1761 and bought by John and Susanna Wheatley. The Wheatleys provided her with an education that was unusual for a woman of the time and astonishing for a slave. Phillis published her first poem in 1767, around the age of fourteen, and won much public attention and considerable international fame before she was twenty years old. This new Penguin Classics edition features an introduction and notes by Vincent Carretta, along with supplementary material, including the work of Wheatley's contemporaries, Lucy Terry Prince, Jupiter Hammon, and Francis Williams. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)811.1Literature English (North America) American poetry Colonial 1607–1776Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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Personally, in the old sing-song poetry kinda way, I think it’s fun. She’s like the Shirley Caesar (kinda like CeCe Winans’ momma) of Black poetry. Not that I’m an expert, but, obviously the Black race hasn’t only produced rap rebellions, you know. (Ooo, depends on how you define Black. Checkmate. Could be anybody subjected to the anti-Black racism that comes from having Black parents. Or it could be someone I like. Yeah, it could be that.) And I kinda like the sing-song faith, the love of the crazy old white guy preachers, the Jack and Brian and Richard of the 18th century, you know.
—When you explore Black history and achievements, you might find someone you like.
—Ooo, but Yew liked it. Checkmate.
—Ah….
—(new character) (calling upstairs) Mother, are the servants allowed to like poetry?
…. Sometimes the Black girl just wants everyone to be happy. She just wants to nourish us, and succor us.
…. Usually the roots of Twitter troll rage (the left-wing kind) can be found on Wikipedia, but this is one case where the two paths diverge. Phyllis Wheatley, this modest little girl, inspired people.
…. She was a simple woman, but (like Richard said about the saints) she knew, what she knew. (She wasn’t like Kant; he didn’t know what he knew, lol.)