Phillis Wheatley's Miltonic poetics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Loscocco, Paula (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Palgrave pivot.
Subjects:	Wheatley, Phillis, > 1753-1784 > Criticism and interpretation. Milton, John, > 1608-1674 > Influence.

Table of Contents:

Prologue: The humble Afric muse's seat
Conspiracy theory: "Britannia's distant shore" : Miltonic Wheatley ; Metropolitan bogey ; The Wheatleyan moment
Authority and challenge: 'Where shall a sov'reign remedy be found?" : "While bright Aurora purples o'er the main" ; "An intrinsic ardor prompts to write" ; "My sympathizing verse"
Wheatley's fanciful sublime: "What songs should rise!" : "Let thy thoughts be praises" ; "The pow'r enthron'd / In ev'ry breast" ; "Now here, now there, the roving fancy flies."