The Political, Feminist, and Religious view of Frances E.W. Harper, Phl

The Political, Feminist, and Religious view of Frances E.W. Harper, Phllis Wheatley, and Alice Dunbar-NelsonPhillis Wheatley, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and Francis E. W. Harper were all innovative and poignant authors whose works have remained influential throughout time. Feminism, politics, and religion are three aspects evident in their personal lives an d literature.Wheatley was considered a libber icon because she was the first published African American female poet. However, her physical composition did not deal with feminist issues, rather, they focussed on religious and semipolitical themes. Unlike Wheatley, Harpers femi nist views are incorporated into her work. She uses religion as a method to express her political and social views. Dunbar-Nelson, a writer of all genres, brought in concert her personal beliefs and activism into many pieces of her work. Political and fe minist issues were important aspects of her personal life, which served as important themes throughout her literature. Religion, while not as prevalent, also presented itself, closely specifically through her poetry.PHILLIS WHEATLEYBIOGRAPHYPhillis Wheatley is the first published African American writer. She was born in 1753 in West Africa. She was kidnapped from Africa and sold as a slave when she was around seven or eight years old. She was purchased by a wealthy family that taught h er how to read and write. Wheatley showed great scholarship in her writing style.Wheatleys book, The Collected plant life of Phillis Wheatley was first published in London. Five years after her return from London her owners Mr. and Mrs. Wheatley died. In 1778 Wheatley conjoin John Peters and they had three children that all died ve ry young.In 1779 Wheatley advertised a... ... Theyre flogging my sons on the farm But I know that Omnipotence watches, That God has a distributed arm (Hull 93). From this one passage we can see Alice Dunbar-Nelson combine issues of gender, race, and religion. iii issues which had a major affect on her life and her writing.BibliographyFoster, Frances Smith (1993). create verbally By Herself Literary Production by African American Women, 1796-1892. Bloomington and capital of Indiana Indian University Press.Hull, Gloria T. (1988). The Works of Alice Dunbar-Nelson. New York Oxford Printing Press.Robinson, William H. (1982). Critical Essays on Phillis Wheatley. capital of Massachusetts GK, Hall and Company.Robinson, William H. (1975). Phillis Wheatly in the Black America Beginnings. Detroit Boadsiod.Shields, John C. (Eds.). (1988). The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley. New York Oxford University Press, Inc.