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The Ohio State University Libraries provides access to a wide variety of resources. This page features resources that can help you explore themes in Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral.
Author's Books
Wheatley, Phillis. The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley. New York: Oxford University Press 1988.
Wheatley, Phillis and Vincent Carretta. Complete Writings: Phillis Wheatley. New York:Penguin Books 2001.
Wheatley Phillis and Vincent Carretta. The Writings of Phillis Wheatley. First edition First ed. Oxford University Press 2020.
Celebrating Phillis Wheatley Thompson Library Display
Location: Special Collections Exhibition Display Cases, First Floor Thompson Library near Thompson Gallery.
This display celebrates the 250th anniversary of the publication of Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley in 1773. Wheatley’s Poems was the first book Celebrating Phillis Wheatley published by an African American writer. The book’s appearance had immediate reverberations around the Atlantic and serves as a foundational text in American literature. Writers and artists of color have engaged with and been inspired by Wheatley continuously over the centuries and up to the present day. This display was curated by Molly Farrell, Associate Professor in the Department of English.
Rare Books and Manuscripts Library
Just a few examples of materials from the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library featured in the Phillis Wheatley display
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