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A review by scorpi07
Complete Writings by Phillis Wheatley
3.0
I didn’t finish this entire book. I read the introduction and the Poems on Various Subjects (Wheatley’s published book of poems), and her extant unpublished poems. I then skimmed the variants of her poems, and the letters and whatnot at the end of the book.
The poetry style is lovely, but the content is difficult for a modern-day reader. It was hard to read so much severe religiosity and so many poems telling mourners to be happy after the death of a loved one! Also, reading the published writings of a slave woman who was so deeply assimilated into colonial culture was gross and difficult. Wheatley really did have an extraordinary life experience and I enjoyed learning about her.
The poetry style is lovely, but the content is difficult for a modern-day reader. It was hard to read so much severe religiosity and so many poems telling mourners to be happy after the death of a loved one! Also, reading the published writings of a slave woman who was so deeply assimilated into colonial culture was gross and difficult. Wheatley really did have an extraordinary life experience and I enjoyed learning about her.