By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘On Virtue’ is a poem written by Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-84) about that nebulous and wide-ranging quality known as virtue. Wheatley was the first African-American woman to publish a book of poetry: Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral appeared in 1773 when she […]
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘A Hymn to the Evening’ is a poem written by Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-84) in praise of the evening. Wheatley was the first African-American woman to publish a book of poetry: Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral appeared in 1773 when she was […]
‘To the University of Cambridge, in New England’ is a poem written by Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-84) and sees her addressing the students of Harvard University, cautioning them against being sinful. The poem was probably written in 1767 and published in 1773. Wheatley was the first African-American woman to publish […]
‘To S. M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing His Works’ is a poem by Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-84) about an artist, Scipio Moorhead, an enslaved African artist living in America. Wheatley was the first African-American woman to publish a book of poetry: Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral […]
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-84) was the first African-American woman to publish a book of poetry: Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral appeared in 1773 when she was probably still in her early twenties. Because Wheatley stands at the beginning of a long tradition […]