This edition includes all of the known surviving writings of the poet Phillis Wheatley (17531784), several of which have been discovered since the last attempt at a complete edition was published in 2001. Of the fiftyseven poems, as well as their authoritative variants, fortysix were published during her lifetime. Versions of nine of them were published before September 1773. Wheatley published thirtyeight works in Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (London, 1773). Only seven of her poems were published between 1773 and her death in 1784. Eleven poems survive only in manuscript versions. This edition also includes all of Wheatleys extant prose writings twentythree letters and four subscription proposals. It includes as well the three known surviving letters written to Wheatley. Wheatleys writings are accompanied by an Introduction to her life and times, as well as extensive textual and explanatory notes.

Binding: Hardcover;288 pages; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Classification: DSBD; Weight: 576 g; Dimensions: 145 x 225 x 23

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