{"product_id":"phillis-wheatley-peters-paperback","title":"Phillis Wheatley Peters - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVincent Carretta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition of \u003ci\u003ePhillis Wheatley Peters\u003c\/i\u003e is the first full-length biography of the poet whose remarkable odyssey took her from being a child enslaved in Africa to becoming an international celebrity by the time she was in her early twenties, only to fall into relative obscurity when she died in 1784 at barely the age of thirty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroduced to Benjamin Franklin in London, praised by her correspondent George Washington, and criticized by Thomas Jefferson, Phillis Wheatley (later Peters) laid claim to being the virtual poet laureate during the American Revolution as well as in the new United States. She overcame contemporaneous restraints of age, gender, race, and social status to assert her position as the unofficial spokesperson and critical observer of the nation that claimed to be founded on the principle that all men are created equal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrounded in extensive primary research, \u003ci\u003ePhillis Wheatley Peters \u003c\/i\u003erecovers her life and times and reclaims the recognition and status she deserves as a heroic literary and political figure in an age of heroes. She is indisputably the founder of African American literature. Contemporary African American authors, including Nikki Giovanni, Amanda Gorman, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, June Jordan, and Alice Walker, celebrate Phillis Wheatley Peters's transcendent literary achievement and influence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new edition incorporates significant discoveries that Vincent Carretta and others have made since the book's initial publication about Wheatley's education, affiliations, activities, publications, marriage, husband, maternity, later years, and the posthumous survival of the manuscript of her proposed second volume of writings. Moreover, this new edition gives Carretta the opportunity to reconsider some previously available evidence.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVINCENT CARRETTA is professor emeritus of English at the University of Maryland. He is the author or editor of more than ten books, including scholarly editions of the writings of Olaudah Equiano, Phillis Wheatley Peters, Ignatius Sancho, and Ottobah Cugoano. His books include \u003ci\u003ePhillis Wheatley Peters: Biography of a Genius\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ein Bondage;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eEquiano, the African: Biography of a Self-Made Man;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Letters of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilip Quaque, the First African Anglican Missionary\u003c\/i\u003e, coedited with Ty M. Reese (all Georgia). He lives in Springfield, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 8.58 x 5.59 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52445957292339,"sku":"9780820363325","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/SWg0ZWZ6dVc3d243WnRZQUd0b25vQT09.webp?v=1758974252","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/phillis-wheatley-peters-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}