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readingoverbreathing's review against another edition
3.0
"To yon bright regions let your faith ascend,
Prepare to join your dearest infant friend
In pleasures without measure, without end."
I remembered briefly learning about Phillis Wheatley in school, before I ever truly understood what it meant for her to gain such fame and acclaim as a Black woman in her lifetime. So when I spotted this in my local used bookshop, I thought it a prime opportunity to dive into her work as an adult.
I really wanted to love this, and I wish I could say I did, but the repetitive topics of her poems, mostly eulogies, really lost my interest over time. I did not find her style to be particularly groundbreaking, apparently a common complaint which is addressed in some of the supplementary material, but she does write with a clear passion which I found compelling in some instances.
I'd like to go back to some of this armed with more scholarly context and perhaps with more of a scholarly mindset, but for now, I think I'll have to stick with three stars.
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