61. Valencia West LRC - Wheatley, Phillis wheatley, phillis (1754?1784). Pathfinder. December 1996. The followingreference books can be used to get both biographical and http://valencia.cc.fl.us/lrcwest/wheatley.html

Wheatley, Phillis (1754?1784) Pathfinder December 1996 The following reference books can be used to get both biographical and critical information about authors. These sources should be used as a starting pointDO NOT base all of your research on material obtained from reference books. Use these sources to become better acquainted with your author; this will allow you to utilize more effectively the sources listed under COMPREHENSIVE LITERARY RESEARCH. These sources are located at the West Campus LRC; they may also be located at other local libraries. BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES Consult the following reference sources to get an overview of your author's life. American Authors, 1600-1900 REF PS 21 .K8 Dictionary of Literary Biography REF PS 221 .D5 This biographical source is best accessed via the Contemporary Authors Cumulative Index (REF Z 1224 .C58) Black Women in America REF E 185.86 .B542 Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies REF E 45 .E53 CRITICAL SOURCES Consult the following reference sources to obtain critical analyses of your author and his/her work. The first sources listed will provide a more general critical analyses of your author, while the second set of sources will provide critical analyses of a more specific nature. GENERAL CRITICISM Critical Survey of Poetry REF PN 1111 .C7

62. Www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/ReadingRoom/History/Biographies/wheatley-phillis phillis wheatley born c. 1753, died 1784 Little is known of the earlylife of the exemplary poet phillis wheatley. Bought by Boston http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/ReadingRoom/History/Biographies/wheatley-

Phillis Wheatley born c. 1753, died 1784 Little is known of the early life of the exemplary poet Phillis Wheatley. Bought by Boston tailor John Wheatley in 1761 directly off a slave ship, her age was placed at seven because she was losing her first teeth. Her relatively kind owners allowed her free run of the house and library, and she very quickly learned English. Despite her status as a slave, Wheatley amazingly started to write poetry at the age of thriteen. Her highly classical poetry shows the influence of Alexander Pope and Thomas Gray. She was praised as a prodigy during her life, attracting the attention of prominent people like the Countess of Huntington in London, General George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and John Hancock. The praise, however, did not keep her from dying penniless or keep her life from becoming all but lost to history. It was not until 1834 that Margaretta Odell, by publishing a memoir in a new edition of Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, established Wheatley as the first African-American woman poet.

63. Phillis Wheatley, "A Poem On The Death Of Charles Eliot; Aged 12 Months." 167168. • John C. Shields, wheatley, phillis, in American NationalBiography, vol. 23 (New York Oxford University Press, 1999). http://www.masshist.org/cabinet/september2001/readingsept2001.html

Phillis Wheatley, The Poems of Phillis Wheatley , edited by Julian D. Mason (Chapel Hill: University of North Caroline Press, 1989). Phillis Wheatley, The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley , edited by John C. Shields (New York: Oxford University Press, 1988). Brenda M. Lawson, entry #142, in Witness to America's Past: Two Centuries of Collecting by the Massachusetts Historical Society (Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1991), pp. 167-168. John C. Shields, "Wheatley, Phillis," in American National Biography , vol. 23 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999). Saunders Redding, "Wheatley, Phillis," in Notable American Women, 1607-1950 , edited by Edward T. James et al., vol. 3 (Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971). Sidney Kaplan and Emma Nogrady Kaplan, The Black Presence in the Era of the American Revolution , rev. ed. (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1989), pp. 170-191. Jean Fagan Yellin and Cynthia D. Bond, comps.

64. Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) phillis wheatley (17531784). Contributing Editor William H. Robinson. Mason,Julian. Poems of phillis wheatley, Revised and Enlarged. Chapel Hill Univ. http://college.hmco.com/english/heath/syllabuild/iguide/wheatley.html

Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) Contributing Editor: William H. Robinson Classroom Issues and Strategies One of the difficulties in teaching Wheatley comes in trying to illustrate that she certainly was much more racially aware, and antislavery, in her letters (which were intended to be private) than in her more widely known verses (written for a general white public). I show how, in spite of her fame and the special indulgence of the Wheatley family who owned her, Phillis was necessarily aware of her blackness; for example, in racially segregated church pews, in the widespread menial work (street sweeping and the like) that blacks were forced to do, and in the general lack of educational facilities for Boston blacks. Students (and even scholars) are sometimes wary of the authenticity of Phillis Wheatley's poetic abilities and, accordingly, ask germane questions. Such students and scholars are disabused of their doubts when confronted with copies of extant manuscripts of verses and letters written when Phillis was known to have not been in the company of whites. Major Themes, Historical Perspectives, and Personal Issues

65. Phillis Wheatley Poems On Various Subjects - EBooks phillis wheatley Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral eBooks includingbiography and pictures. phillis wheatley. phillis wheatley. phillis wheatley. http://www.topicsites.com/phillis-wheatley.htm

Phillis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley Poems - Biography - Pictures Phillis Wheatley Poems - Biography - Pictures Phillis Wheatley was the first African American to be published. Her collection, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral was published on September 1, 1773. A sample poem is shown below: On Imagination. Phillis Wheatley Thy various works, imperial queen, we see, How bright their forms! how deck'd with pomp by thee! Thy wond'rous acts in beauteous order stand, And all attest how potent is thine hand. From Helicon's refulgent heights attend, Ye sacred choir, and my attempts befriend: To tell her glories with a faithful tongue, Ye blooming graces, triumph in my song. Now here, now there, the roving Fancy flies, Till some lov'd objects strikes her wand'ring eyes, Whose silken fetters all the senses bind, And soft captivity involves the mind. Imagination! who can sing thy force? Or who describe the swiftness of thy course? Soaring though air to find the bright abode, Th'empyreal palace of the thund'ring God

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Phillis Wheatley Biography Phillis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley Biography Phillis Wheatley was only seven or eight years old when she was captured and taken from her home in West Africa. A slave ship brought her to Boston in 1761. Knowing nothing of the talents she would soon show the world, John Wheatley, a prosperous tailor, and his wife, Susannah, purchased the young girl directly from the ship and named her Phillis Wheatley. Wheatley grew up to be a poet. Her collection, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, was published on September 1, 1773. How did she become the first African American writer to be published, when most slaves were forbidden to learn to read and write? One day, the Wheatleys saw Phillis writing on a wall with chalk. Rather than punish her, the Wheatleys encouraged her to learn. Their daughter tutored her in reading and writing. Wheatley also studied English literature, Latin, and the Bible, but what she did best was to write poetry. Her first poem was published in the Newport Mercury newspaper in 1767.

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69. No. 620: Phillis Wheatley No. 620 phillis wheatley by John H. Lienhard Click here for audio of Episode 620. wheatley,P., phillis wheatley (phillis Peters), Poems and Letters (Chas. http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi620.htm

No. 620: PHILLIS WHEATLEY by John H. Lienhard Click here for audio of Episode 620. Today, we meet a Colonial prodigy. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them. I t's 1772. We show an 18-year-old girl into a room for an oral examination. Boston's most prominent citizens sit in a circle. Among them are the governor of Massachusetts and John Hancock, who will soon sign the Declaration of Independence. The girl is Phillis, a slave of John Wheatley. Wheatley bought her nine years ago to be a companion for his wife. She tutored Phillis. By the age of 12, Phillis had mastered English, literature, the classics, and more. Then she took up poetry. Now, six years later, she's finished a book of poetry. That seems so unlikely that Boston's elders have gathered to see whether she really is the author. Phillis Wheatley passes the exam solidly. The elders write an affidavit for her book. It says, We whose names are under-written, do assure the world that these poems ... were written by Phillis, a Negro girl, who was but a few years since, brought an uncultivated Barbarian from Africa ...

70. Phillis Wheatley CALL NO PS866 W5 1773 AUTHOR wheatley, phillis, 17531784. By phillis wheatley,Negro servant to Mr. John wheatley, of Boston, in New England. http://libweb.uncc.edu/archives/phillis.htm

Frontispiece, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral CALL NO: AUTHOR: Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784. TITLE: Poems on various subjects, religious and moral. By Phillis Wheatley, Negro servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New England. PUB DATA: London, Printed for A. Bell, sold by Cox and Berry, Boston, 1773. Back

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Wheatley, Phillis (1753?-1784) Phillis Wheatley was the first important black American poet. She was brought to Boston on a slave ship when she was about 8 years old. John Wheatley, a wealthy merchant tailor, bought Phillis as a servant for his wife. The Wheatleys taught Phillis to read and write. She also studied geography, history, and Latin. She began to write poetry when she was about 14. In 1773, she visited England, where her Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral was published that year. Wheatley was deeply religious. Some of her poems expressed her satisfaction at becoming a Christian in American society. She also wrote about more worldly issues, as in "To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth" (1773). In this poem, Wheatley contrasted her status as a slave with the demand of the American Colonies for independence. After returning from England, Wheatley was freed and married John Peters, a free black man. Her reputation as a poet soon declined, and she died virtually unknown.

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Wheatley, Phillis (1753?-1784) Phillis Wheatley was the first important black American poet. She was brought to Boston on a slave ship when she was about 8 years old. John Wheatley, a wealthy merchant tailor, bought Phillis as a servant for his wife. The Wheatleys taught Phillis to read and write. She also studied geography, history, and Latin. She began to write poetry when she was about 14. In 1773, she visited England, where her Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral was published that year. Wheatley was deeply religious. Some of her poems expressed her satisfaction at becoming a Christian in American society. She also wrote about more worldly issues, as in "To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth" (1773). In this poem, Wheatley contrasted her status as a slave with the demand of the American Colonies for independence. After returning from England, Wheatley was freed and married John Peters, a free black man. Her reputation as a poet soon declined, and she died virtually unknown. Richard Allen Peter Salem Crispus Attucks Harriet Tubman ... John Russwurm

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Wheatley, Phillis Wheatley, engraving attributed to Scipio Moorhead, from the frontispiece of her 1773 book Corbis-Bettmann (b. c. 1753, Senegal, West Africad. Dec. 5, 1784, Boston, Mass., U.S.), the first black woman poet of note in the United States. She was sold from a slave ship in Boston in 1761 to work for the family of John Wheatley, a merchant. The Wheatleys soon recognized her talents and gave her privileges unusual for a slave, allowing her to learn to read and write. At the age of 14 she began to write poetry, and her first published work, "An Elegiac Poem, on the Death of the Celebrated Divine . . . George Whitefield" (1770), attracted much attention. In 1773 her Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral was published in England under the sponsorship of the Countess of Huntingdon, and Wheatley's reputation spread in Europe as well as in America. A poem published in 1776, dedicated to George Washington, brought her further acclaim. The dissolution of the Wheatley family by death left Phillis Wheatley alone, and in April 1778 she married John Peters, a free black man who failed in business and apparently also failed to support Phillis and her children. At the end of her life she was working as a servant, and she died in poverty. Wheatley's poetry, largely concerned with morality and piety, was conventional for its time. Her significance stems from the attention that she drew to her successful education. Her poems were reissued in the 1830s by Abolitionists eager to prove the human potential of blacks.

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Home Up Poetry CDs Black Arts Movement ... Afaa M. Weaver [ Phillis Wheatley ] Saul Williams How to Enjoy Poetry Poetry Circle Success Virtual Poetry Reading ... The Schomberg Center / NYPL Phillis Wheatley (c.1753-1784) Read the rest of Wheatley's Biographical Sketch from Media House International at: http://www.forerunner.com/forerunner/X0214_Phillis_Wheatley.html Born in 1753 in Africa, Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped and sold at a slave auction at age seven to a prosperous Boston family who educated her and treated her as a family member. Rescued from an otherwise hopeless situation by the sympathies of the Wheatley family, Phillis learned English with remarkable speed, and, although she never attended a formal school, she also learned Greek and Latin. Phillis Wheatley received her freedom and married a free black man in 1778 but, despite her skills, was never able to support her family. Although she died in complete poverty, subsequent generations would pick up where she left off. Wheatley was the first black writer of consequence in America; and her life was an inspiring example to future generations of African-Americans. In the 1830s, abolitionists reprinted her poetry and the powerful ideas contained in her deeply moving verse stood against the institution of slavery. To the students at the University of Cambridge in New England (Harvard), she wrote:

79. Phillis Wheatley phillis wheatley. (c. 17531784). Related Resources. • Our library of 18th centurypoets. Elsewhere on the Web. phillis wheatley was America's first black poet. http://poetry.about.com/library/weekly/blwheatley.htm

zfp=-1 About Homework Help Poetry Search in this topic on About on the Web in Products Web Hosting Poetry with Your Guide to one of hundreds of sites Home Articles Forums ... Help zmhp('style="color:#fff"') Subjects ESSENTIALS Poetry Currents -from our correspondents About Poetry Museletters Poets in the News ... All articles on this topic Stay up-to-date! Subscribe to our newsletter. Advertising Free Credit Report Free Psychics Advertisement Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-1784) Related Resources Our library of 18th century poets Elsewhere on the Web Phillis Wheatley page at Voices from the Gaps Wheatley biography at AAP Poems on various subjects, religious and moral , digital transcription of Wheatley's book at the New York Public Library Phillis Wheatley, Poet Phillis Wheatley was America's first black poet. Born in Senegal in 1753, she was sold into slavery at the age of seven to John and Susannah Wheatley of Boston. Although originally brought into the Wheatley household as a servant, Phillis became a member of the family, and was raised side-by-side with the Wheatley's two children. What came next was amazing in the context of the times: Phillis learned how to read and write English, then Greek and Latin. At thirteen she wrote her first poem. Phillis became a Boston sensation when one of her poems was published as a broadside in 1770. Three years later, 39 of her poems were published in London as

80. Poets In MA Phillis Wheatley And Sam Cornish phillis wheatley SAM CORNISH ( AFROAMER. VOICES). Cambridge (MA)Zoland Books,1993. 1925, A Memoir. Boston Ploughshares Books, 1990. wheatley, phillis. http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~poetsma/ph.html

Brief description: From colonial days to the present moment, voices of black Americans have shaped and been shaped by the Massachusetts poetic landscape. The first published Afro-American woman and a current, practicing black poet teaching in Boston help us to hear and define these voices- and perhaps our own- more clearly. Possible areas for discussion and/or further study: What influences contributed to Wheatley's art? How do race, ethnicity affect Wheatley's and/or Cornish's work? How are FORM and IDEA balanced in the poets' work? "....the great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all we do" (Cornish). Respond to this statement in connection with Afro-American poetry in Massachusetts. Selected references: Cornish, Sam. Cross A Parted Sea. Cambridge (MA):Zoland Books, 1996. Folks Like Me. Cambridge (MA):Zoland Books, 1993. 1925, A Memoir . Boston: Ploughshares Books, 1990. Wheatley, Phillis.

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