The past two decades have seen a dramatic resurgence of interest in black women writers, as authors such as Alice Walker and Toni Morrison have come to dominate the larger Afro-American literary landscape. Yet the works of the writers who founded and nurtured the black women's literary tradition--nineteenth-century Afro-American women--have remained buried in research libraries or in expensive hard-to-find reprints, often inaccessible to twentieth-century readers. Oxford University Press, in collaboration with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a research unit of The New...
The past two decades have seen a dramatic resurgence of interest in black women writers, as authors such as Alice Walker and Toni Morrison have come t...
For nearly thirty-five years Julian Mason's The Poems of Phillis Wheatley (1966) has been the standard edition of the poems and letters of this young black poet of eighteenth-century Boston. This new edition has been extensively revised in light of Wheatley scholarship since its publication. It has been expanded to include all of the fifty-six poems and twenty-two letters now known to be by Wheatley, the significant variants of the poems, and the four Proposals for publication of her works, all of them annotated.
This edition contains the recently discovered poem "Ocean," new...
For nearly thirty-five years Julian Mason's The Poems of Phillis Wheatley (1966) has been the standard edition of the poems and letters of this...
Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784), the first black American to publish a book, was internationally famous during her short life. This edition, with an essay by the editor, restores her to her proper place in America's literary heritage.
Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784), the first black American to publish a book, was internationally famous during her short life. This edition, with an essa...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
"Various Poems," by Phillis Wheatley. Phillis Wheatley was second published African-American poet and first published African-American woman (1753-1784).
"Various Poems," by Phillis Wheatley. Phillis Wheatley was second published African-American poet and first published African-American woman (1753-178...
Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, A Native African and a Slave. Dedicated to the Friends of the Africans. By Phillis Wheatley; Margaretta Matilda Odell
Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, A Native African and a Slave. Dedicated to the Friends of the Africans. By Phillis Wheatley; Margaretta Matilda ...
"Poems on Various Subjects - Religious and Moral" from Phillis Wheatley. African American poet whose writings helped create the genre of African American literature (1753-1784).
"Poems on Various Subjects - Religious and Moral" from Phillis Wheatley. African American poet whose writings helped create the genre of African Ameri...
