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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself (1789) is one of the most frequently and heatedly discussed texts in the canon of eighteenth-century transatlantic literature written in English. Equiano's Narrative contains an engrossing account of the author's experiences in Africa, the Americas, and Europe as he sought freedom from bondage and became a leading figure in the abolitionist movement. While scholars have approached this sophisticated work from diverse critical and historical/biographical perspectives, there has been

Slavery in literature. --- Slave narratives --- African literature (English) --- Slavery and slaves in literature --- Slaves in literature --- Autobiography --- Slaves' writings --- English literature --- History and criticism. --- Study and teaching. --- African authors --- Equiano, Olaudah, --- Enslaved persons' writings --- Enslaved persons in literature

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The first African American to publish a book on any subject, poet Phillis Wheatley (1753?-1784) has long been denigrated by literary critics who refused to believe that a black woman could produce such dense, intellectual work, let alone influence Romantic-period giants like Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Indeed, Thomas Jefferson once declared that "the compositions published under her name are below dignity of criticism." In recent decades, however, Wheatley's work has come under new scrutiny as the literature of the eighteenth century and the impact of African American literature h

American literature --- African American authors --- History and criticism. --- Wheatley, Phillis, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Peters, Phillis Wheatley, --- Peters, Phillis, --- Wheatley, Phyllis,