Research Catalog

The writings of Phillis Wheatley

Title
The writings of Phillis Wheatley / edited by Vincent Carretta.
Author
Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784
Publication
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
TextUse in library Sc D 19-1007Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

Details

Additional Authors
Carretta, Vincent
Description
lix, 226 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"This edition includes all of the known surviving writings of the poet . . . several of which have been discovered since the last attempt at a complete edition was published in 2001. Of the fifty-seven poems, as well as their authoritative variants, forty-six were published during her lifetime. Versions of nine of them were printed before September 1773. Wheatley published thirty-eight works in Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (London, 1773). Only seven of her poems were printed between 1773 and her death in 1784. Eleven poems survive only in manuscript versions. This edition also includes all of Wheatley's extant prose writings, twenty-three letters and four subscription proposals. It includes as well the three known surviving letters written to Wheatley. Wheatley's writings are accompanied by an introduction to her life and times, as well as extensive textual and explanatory notes." --
Uniform Title
Works
Alternative Title
Works
Subject
  • Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784
  • 1600-1775
  • African American women poets > Correspondence
  • African American poets > Correspondence
  • Poets, American > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Correspondence
  • African Americans > Poetry
  • American poetry > African American authors > 18th century
  • African Americans
  • Poets, American > Colonial period
Genre/Form
  • Personal correspondence.
  • Poetry.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Call Number
Sc D 19-1007
ISBN
  • 9780198834991
  • 0198834993
LCCN
2018959367
OCLC
1088308849
Author
Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784, author.
Title
The writings of Phillis Wheatley / edited by Vincent Carretta.
Publisher
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Chronological Term
1600-1775
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Carretta, Vincent, editor.
Research Call Number
Sc D 19-1007
View in Legacy Catalog