Phillis Wheatley's poetics of liberation : backgrounds and contexts /
Shields, John C.,1944-
Knoxville, Tenn. : University of Tennessee Press,
c2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-229) and index.
A poetics of liberation -- Wheatley considered intellectually impoverished: the first 190 years -- Wheatley intellectually gifted-maybe: the last 25 years -- African origins -- Post-African religious development -- Intellectual development -- The dignity of Wheatley's poems restored.
Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784
American literature
American literature