"I, Young in Life": Phillis Wheatley and the Invention of American Childhood.
Although there is a rich, original archive of Phillis Wheatley's poetry about children, Wheatley's role in writing the culture of American childhood has not been widely noted. Conversely, while little can be archivally reconstructed about Wheatley's young life, popular biographies of the poet have,...
| Publicado en: | Early American Literature Vol. 57; no. 3; pp. 1 - 25 |
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University of North Carolina Press
2022
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