Phillis Wheatley's Miltonic Poetics

Phillis Wheatley, the African-born slave poet, is considered by many to be a pioneer of Anglo-American poetics. This study argues how in her 1773 POEMS, Wheatley uses John Milton's poetry to develop an idealistic vision of an emerging Anglo-American republic comprised of Britons, Africans, Native Americans, and women.

• • Author: P. Loscocco
• • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• • Publication Date: Dec 12, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 168 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1137474777
• • ISBN-13: 9781137474773