"To Maecenas": Phillis Wheatley's Invocation of an Idealized Reader

"To Maecenas": Phillis Wheatley's Invocation of an Idealized Reader

Phillis Wheatley's poem, "To Maecenas," discusses a personal response to the epics of Homer and Virgil with numerous shifts in focus making the poem difficult to read. An explication of Wheatley's poem is presented.

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Veröffentlicht in:African American review 1989-10, Vol.23 (3), p.579-592
1. Verfasser: Smith, Cynthia J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Apostolic letters
Literary criticism
Muses
Neoclassical poetry
Poetry
Reading
Religious poetry
Romantic poetry
Stanzas
Wheatley, Phillis (1753-1784)
Writers
Writing
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Zusammenfassung:Phillis Wheatley's poem, "To Maecenas," discusses a personal response to the epics of Homer and Virgil with numerous shifts in focus making the poem difficult to read. An explication of Wheatley's poem is presented.
ISSN:0148-6179
1062-4783
1945-6182
DOI:10.2307/2904208