"Oblivion's Sable Shore": Phillis Wheatley Peters at the Limits of Lyric History.
The article examines Phillis Wheatley Peters's poetry and her entry into London's literary community in the 1770s, focusing on her use of lyric poetry to challenge traditional notions and engage with themes of death, mourning, and imagination. It also discusses the racialized dimension of the Britis...
| Published in: | Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation Vol. 64; no. 3/4; pp. 303 - 326 |
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