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The age of Phillis / Honorée Fanonne Jeffers.
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Title:The age of Phillis / Honorée Fanonne Jeffers.
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Author/Creator:Jeffers, Honorée Fanonne, 1967- author.
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Published/Created:Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2020]
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Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: PS3560.E365 A74 2020
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784--Poetry.
African American women authors--Poetry.
Enslaved women--Massachusetts--Boston--Poetry.
Slavery--Massachusetts--History--18th century--Poetry.
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Genre/Form:Poetry.
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Description:213 pages ; 24 cm
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Series:Wesleyan poetry.
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Summary:"A collection of original poems speaking to the life and times of Phillis Wheatley, a Colonial America-era poet brought to Boston as a slave"-- Provided by publisher.
"In 1773, a young, African American woman named Phillis Wheatley published a book of poetry that challenged Western prejudices about African and female intellectual capabilities. Based on fifteen years of archival research, The Age of Phillis, by award-winning writer Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, imagines the life and times of Wheatley: her childhood in the Gambia, West Africa, her life with her white American owners, her friendship with Obour Tanner, and her marriage to the enigmatic John Peters. Woven throughout are poems about Wheatley's "age"--the era that encompassed political, philosophical, and religious upheaval, as well as the transatlantic slave trade. For the first time in verse, Wheatley's relationship to black people and their individual "mercies" is foregrounded, and here we see her as not simply a racial or literary symbol, but a human being who lived and loved while making her indelible mark on history." -- Provided by publisher.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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ISBN:9780819579492 hardcover
0819579491 hardcover
9780819579515 electronic book
0819579513 electronic book
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Contents:Prologue : Mother/muse
Book : Before
Book : Passage
Book : After
Book : Enlightenment
Book : Awakening
Muses : Convening
Book : Voyage
Book : Love
Catalog : Revolution
Book : Liberty
Epilogue : Daughter/muse
Looking for Miss Phillis.