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<p>Abstract:</p><p>The article reads Margaretta Matilda Odellâs 1834 biography of the pioneering African American poet in light of Odellâs own life story, which ended in a decades-long confinement in a private insane asylum. While previous scholars, many of whom have been justifiably skeptical of Odellâs account, have located a covert racial agenda in her work, I identify the influence of a distinctly gendered anxiety shaping Odellâs text. Rewriting Wheatleyâs history as a narrative of extrafamilial female solidarity, Odell addresses her own vulnerable position as an unmarried woman in an era in which perceptions of female worth and identity remained heavily tied to the domestic sphere.</p>
Early American Literature – University of North Carolina Press
Published: Jan 29, 2020
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