Description: The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley by David Waldstreicher Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description A paradigm-shattering biography of Phillis Wheatley, whose poetry was at the heart of the American Revolution. Publisher Description Admired by George Washington, ridiculed by Thomas Jefferson, published in London, and read far and wide, Phillis Wheatley led one of the most extraordinary American lives. Seized in West Africa and forced into slavery as a child, she was sold to a merchant family in Boston, where she became a noted poet at a young age. Mastering the Bible, Greek and Latin translations, and the works of Pope and Milton, she composed elegies for local elites, celebrated political events, praised warriors, and used her verse to variously lampoon, question, and assert the injustice of her enslaved condition. "Can I then but pray / Others may never feel tyrannic sway?" By doing so, she added her voice to a vibrant, multisided conversation about race, slavery, and discontent with British rule; before and after her emancipation, her verses shook up racial etiquette and used familiar forms to create bold new meanings. She demonstrated a complex but crucial fact of the times: that the American Revolution both strengthened and limited Black slavery.In this new biography, the historian David Waldstreicher offers the fullest account to date of Wheatleys life and works, correcting myths, reconstructing intimate friendships, and deepening our understanding of her verse and the revolutionary era. Throughout The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley, he demonstrates the continued vitality and resonance of a woman who wrote, in a founding gesture of American literature, "Thy Power, O Liberty, makes strong the weak / And (wondrous instinct) Ethiopians speak." Author Biography David Waldstreicher teaches history at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and is the author of Slaverys Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification and Runaway America: Benjamin Franklin, Slavery, and the American Revolution. He has written for The New York Times Book Review, the Boston Review, and The Atlantic, among other publications. Details ISBN 1250321735 ISBN-13 9781250321732 Title The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley Author David Waldstreicher Format Paperback Year 2024 Pages 512 Publisher St Martins Press GE_Item_ID:161561858; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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Book Title: Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley : a Poet's Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence
Number of Pages: 512 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Picador
Publication Year: 2024
Item Height: 0.9 in
Topic: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Literary, Poetry, Historical, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
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Genre: Literary Criticism, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 13.4 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: David Waldstreicher
Item Width: 5.4 in
Format: Trade Paperback