Beschreibung:
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.
Prologue: "the humble Afric muse's seat" 1. Conspiracy Theory: "Britannia's distant shore" 2. Authority and Challenge: "Where shall a sov'reign remedy be found?" 3. Wheatley's Fanciful Sublime: "What songs should rise!" Epilogue