Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

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book debut work poetry collection

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral is an influential 1773 poetry collection by Phillis Wheatley, the first published African American poet, that blends neoclassical style with Christian themes and reflections on slavery and freedom.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
debut work ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
author Phillis Wheatley NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsPoem On Being Brought from Africa to America NERFINISHED ⓘ
On Imagination ⓘ
On Virtue ⓘ
On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield ⓘ
To the King's Most Excellent Majesty ⓘ
To the University of Cambridge, in New-England NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfPublication United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo Countess of Huntingdon NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstEditionFormat octavo ⓘ
genre didactic poetry ⓘ
occasional poetry ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ
hasFrontispiece engraved portrait of Phillis Wheatley ⓘ
hasMoralFocus ethical reflection ⓘ
religious instruction ⓘ
hasPrefaceBy John Wheatley NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReligiousOrientation Christian ⓘ
hasSubscriptionList true ⓘ
historicalContext eighteenth-century British Empire ⓘ
transatlantic slavery ⓘ
influenced African American literature ⓘ
abolitionist discourse ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Neoclassicism NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor being the first published book by an African American poet ⓘ
establishing Phillis Wheatley as a literary figure in the Atlantic world ⓘ
placeOfPublication London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
publicationYear 1773 ⓘ
publisher Archibald Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ
style neoclassical ⓘ
targetAudience literate Anglo-American and British readers ⓘ
theme Christian faith ⓘ
Providence ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
morality ⓘ
race ⓘ
salvation ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
usesPoeticForm heroic couplets ⓘ
iambic pentameter ⓘ

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