Phillis Wheatley

Phillis Wheatley, juga disebut Phyllis dan Wheatly (s. 1753 – 5 Desember 1784) adalah penyair perempuan Afrika-Amerika pertama yang karyanya diterbitkan.Henry Louis Gates, Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's Second Black Poet and Her Encounters with the Founding Fathers, Basic Civitas Books, 2010, p. 5.For example, in the name of the Phyllis Wheatley YWCA in Washington, D.C., where "Phyllis" is etched into the name over its front door (as can be seen in photos and corresponding text for that building's National Register nomination). Lahir di Afrika Barat, ia dijual sebagai budak pada usia tujuh atau delapan tahun dan dibawa ke Amerika Utara, Ia dibeli oleh keluarga Wheatley dari Boston, yang mengajarkannya membaca dan menulis dan mendorongnya untuk membuat pusi saat mereka melihat bakatnya.

 Referensi 

 Bacaan tambahan 
 Material primer
 Wheatley, Phillis (1988). John C. Shields, ed. The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley. New York: Oxford University Press. 
 Wheatley, Phillis (2001). Vincent Carretta, ed. Complete Writings. New York: Penguin Books. 

 Biografi
 Borland, (1968). Phillis Wheatley: Young Colonial Poet. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. 
 Carretta, Vincent (2011). Phillis Wheatley: Biography of A Genius in Bondage Athens: University of Georgia Press. 
 Gates, Henry Louis Jr. (2003). The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters With the Founding Fathers, New York: Basic Civitas Books. 
 Richmond, M. A. (1988). Phillis Wheatley. New York: Chelsea House Publishers. 

 Material sekunder
 Abcarian, Richard and Marvin Klotz. "Phillis Wheatley," In Literature: The Human Experience, 9th edition. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006: 1606.
 Bassard, Katherine Clay (1999). Spiritual Interrogations: Culture, Gender, and Community in Early African American Women's Writing. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 
 Engberg, Kathrynn Seidler, The Right to Write: The Literary Politics of Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatley. Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 2009. 
 Langley, April C. E. (2008). The Black Aesthetic Unbound: Theorizing the Dilemma of Eighteenth-century African American Literature. Columbus: Ohio State University Press. 
 Ogude, S. E. (1983). Genius in Bondage: A Study of the Origins of African Literature in English. Ile-Ife, Nigeria: University of Ife Press. 
 Reising, Russel J. (1996). Loose Ends: Closure and Crisis in the American Social Text. Durham: Duke University Press. 
 Robinson, William Henry (1981). Phillis Wheatley: A Bio-bibliography. Boston: GK Hall. 
 Robinson, William Henry (1982). Critical Essays on Phillis Wheatley. Boston: GK Hall. 
 Robinson, William Henry (1984). Phillis Wheatley and Her Writings. New York: Garland. 
 Shockley, Ann Allen (1988). Afro-American Women Writers, 1746-1933: An Anthology and Critical Guide. Boston: GK Hall. 

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