The Poems Of Phillis Wheatley

The Poems of Phillis Wheatley

For nearly thirty-five years Julian Mason'sThe Poems of Phillis Wheatley (1966) has been the standard edition of the poems and letters of this young black poet of eighteenth-century Boston. This new edition has been extensively revised in light of Wheatley scholarship since its publication. It has been expanded to include all of the fifty-six poems and twenty-two letters now known to be by Wheatley, the significant variants of the poems, and the four Proposals for publication of her works, all of them annotated.This edition contains the recently discovered poem "Ocean," new information about Wheatley's library (including a southern connection), a more accurate reading of a letter central to understanding the response to her 1772 Proposals, new variants of two poems, and a new reading of her George Washington poem. By going back to the original manuscripts (and to first printings when the manuscripts are not extant), Mason has provided the fullest and most accurate edition of Wheatley's poems and letters yet produced. The new index and bibliography assure the volume's usefulness for the scholar, the student, and the general reader.ReviewA Rebus, By I.b. An Address To The Atheist, 1767 An Address To The Atheist, 1767 An Address To The Diest, 1767 America The Answer Answer To The Rebus Deism An Elegaic Poem An Elegaic Poem An Elegy On Leaving An Elegy, Sacred To The Memory Of Reverend Dr. Samuel Cooper A Farewell To America, To Mrs. S. W. A Farewell To America, To Mrs. S. W. A Funeral Poem On The Death Of C.e., An Infant Of 12 Months Goliath Of Gath His Excellency General Washington An Hymn To Humanity An Hymn To The Evening An Hymn To The Morning Isaiah: 63 Liberty And Peace, A Poem Niobe In Distress For Her Children Slain By Apollo Ode To Neptune On Being Brought From Africa To America On Friendship On Imagination On Messrs Hussey And Coffin On Recollection On Recollection On The Capture Of General Lee On The Death Of A Young Gentleman Of Great Promise On The Death Of A Young Lady Of Five Years Of Age On The Death Of Dr. Samuel Marshall, 1771 On The Death Of Dr. Samuel Marshall, 1771 On The Death Of Dr. Samuel Marshall, 1771 On The Death Of General Wooster On The Death Of J.c., An Infant On The Death Of Mr. Snider Murder'd By Richardson On The Death Of The Rev'd. Dr. Sewall, 1769 On The Death Of The Rev. Dr. Sewell, 1769 On The Death Of The Rev. Mr. George Whitefield, 1770 On Virtue Philis's Reply To The Answer ... By The Gentleman In Navy A Poem On The Death Of Charles Eliot, Aged 12 Months Thoughts On The Works Of Providence To A Clergyman On The Death Of His Lady To A Clergyman On The Death Of His Lady To A Gentleman & Lady On The Death ... Child Named Avis To A Gentleman Of The Navy To A Gentleman On His Voyage To Great-britain To A Lady And Her Children, On The Death Of Her Son ... To A Lady On Her Coming To North-american With Her Son To A Lady On Her Remarkable Preservation In An Hurricane To A Lady On The Death Of Her Husband To A Lady On The Death Of Three Relations To Captain H--d, Of The 65th Regiment To His Honour The Lieutenant-governor, On Death Of His Lady To Maecenas To Miss. Mary Moorhead, On The Death Of Her Father To Mr. And Mrs. - , On The Death Of Their Infant Son To Mrs. Leonard, On The Death Of Her Husband To S.m., A Young African Painter, On Seeing His Works To The Author Of The London Magazine To The Hon. Commodore Hood On His Pardoning A Deserter To The Honourable T.h. Esq; On The Death Of His Daughter To The Honourable T.h. Esq; On The Death Of His Daughter To The King's Most Excellent Majesty ... American Stamp Act To The King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1768 To The Rev. Dr. Thomas Amory On Reading His Sermons To The Right Hon! William Earl Of Dartmouth To The Right Hon! William Earl Of Dartmouth To The University Of Cambridge, In New-england --Table of Poems from ReviewFor guidance to both