The Poems of Phillis Wheatley - Couverture souple

Brewster, Ellen Hatc

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 048647593X ISBN 13 : 9780486475936

Editeur : Dover Publications Inc., 2010

Synopsis

At the age of 19, Phillis Wheatley was the first black American poet to publish a book. Her elegies and odes offer fascinating glimpses of the beginnings of African-American literary traditions. Includes a selection from the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

The first published African-American poet, Phillis Wheatley (1753-84) was born in West Africa, captured, and sold as a slave to the Wheatley family of Boston. Educated alongside her master's children, Wheatley achieved international renown with her initial poems but slipped into obscurity shortly afterward and died in poverty.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dover Publications Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 048647593X
• ISBN 13: 9780486475936
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Soc. Agr. La Raia Ss; http://www.la-raia.it; ; Strada Monterotondo, 79; Novi Ligure; 15067; Italie