Hegel's Philosophy of History and Romanticism Redux: Phillis Wheatley

#1 Please watch this video on Hegel. How does he view history?  

Hegel 

#2 Please watch this video on Phillis Wheatley. How does her church remember her today?

Phillis Wheatley and her Church

#3 Read Wheatley's poem On Imagination and find as many references to themes of Romanticism as you can. Annotate those and be ready to link to pages 507-509 in your textbook.

#4 If you missed class, read this argument about Wheatley's place in the tradition of Romanticism.  What does Shields argue?


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