{"product_id":"phillis-wheatley-biography-of-a-genius-in-bondage-9780820333380","title":"Phillis Wheatley: Biography of a Genius in Bondage","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith \u003ci\u003ePoems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral\u003c\/i\u003e (1773), Phillis Wheatley (1753?-1784) became the first English-speaking person of African descent to publish a book and only the second woman--of any race or background-- to do so in America. Written in Boston while she was just a teenager, and when she was still a slave, Wheatley's work was an international sensation. In \u003ci\u003ePhillis Wheatley\u003c\/i\u003e, Vincent Carretta offers the first full-length biography of a figure whose origins and later life have remained shadowy despite her iconic status. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA scholar with extensive knowledge of transatlantic literature and history, Carretta uncovers new details about Wheatley's origins, her upbringing, and how she gained freedom. Carretta solves the mystery of John Peters, correcting the record of when he and Wheatley married and revealing what became of him after her death. Assessing Wheatley's entire body of work, Carretta discusses the likely role she played in the production, market­ing, and distribution of her writing. Wheatley developed a remarkable transatlantic network that transcended racial, class, political, religious, and geographical boundaries. Carretta reconstructs that network and sheds new light on her religious and political identities. In the course of his research he discovered the earliest poem attributable to Wheatley and has included it and other unpublished poems in the biography. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarretta relocates Wheatley from the margins to the center of her eighteenth-century transatlantic world, revealing the fascinating life of a woman who rose from the indignity of enslavement to earn wide recognition, only to die in obscurity a few years later.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vincent Carretta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.30w x 1.04d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820333380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2011 pg. 109\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/05\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2011 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2012 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVINCENT CARRETTA is a professor of English at the University of Maryland. He is the author or editor of more than ten books, including scholarly editions of the writings of Olaudah Equiano, Phillis Wheatley, Ignatius Sancho, and Ottobah Cugoano. His most recent books are\u003ci\u003e Equiano, the African: Biography of a Self-Made Man\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Annibel Jenkins Prize, and \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Letters of Philip Quaque, the First African Anglican Missionary\u003c\/i\u003e, coedited with Ty M. Reese (both Georgia).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40195950477427,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_00642ec6-8b80-46ac-b48b-11b209a7253c.jpg?v=1655992690","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/phillis-wheatley-biography-of-a-genius-in-bondage-9780820333380","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}