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Afro-American Poetics

Houston A. Baker (Jr.)
Afro American Poetics Book PDF

Author : Houston A. Baker (Jr.)
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0299115046

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Afro-American Poetics by Houston A. Baker (Jr.) Pdf

Baker envisages the mission of black culture since the 1920s as "Afro-American spirit work." In the blues, the post-modernist "chant poem," the oratory of Malcolm X and the political plays of Amiri Baraka, Baker notes the unfolding creation of a "racial epic" in which black Americans may discover their place in U.S. society and find their ancestral roots. He analyzes Jean Toomer's stream-of-consciousness protest novel Cane, ponders why apolitical poet Countee Cullen became a voice of the people and pays tribute to critic-poet Larry Neal and to Hoyt Fuller, the editor of Negro Digest who allied himself with the Black Arts movement. He also traces his own shift from "guerrilla theater revolutionary" to embattled theoretician. ISBN 0-299-11500-3: $22.50 (For use only in the library).

The Vintage Book of African American Poetry

Michael S. Harper,Anthony Walton
The Vintage Book of African American Poetry Book PDF

Author : Michael S. Harper,Anthony Walton
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780307765130

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The Vintage Book of African American Poetry by Michael S. Harper,Anthony Walton Pdf

In The Vintage Book of African American Poetry, editors Michael S. Harper and Anthony Walton present the definitive collection of black verse in the United States--200 years of vision, struggle, power, beauty, and triumph from 52 outstanding poets. From the neoclassical stylings of slave-born Phillis Wheatley to the wistful lyricism of Paul Lawrence Dunbar . . . the rigorous wisdom of Gwendolyn Brooks...the chiseled modernism of Robert Hayden...the extraordinary prosody of Sterling A. Brown...the breathtaking, expansive narratives of Rita Dove...the plaintive rhapsodies of an imprisoned Elderidge Knight . . . The postmodern artistry of Yusef Komunyaka. Here, too, is a landmark exploration of lesser-known artists whose efforts birthed the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts movements--and changed forever our national literature and the course of America itself. Meticulously researched, thoughtfully structured, The Vintage Book of African-American Poetry is a collection of inestimable value to students, educators, and all those interested in the ever-evolving tradition that is American poetry.

Black Poets of the United States

Jean Wagner
Black Poets of the United States Book PDF

Author : Jean Wagner
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0252003411

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Black Poets of the United States by Jean Wagner Pdf

Traces the evolution of Afro-American poetry, highlighting individual poets up to the time of the Harlem Renaissance.

Afro-modernist Aesthetics & the Poetry of Sterling A. Brown

Mark A. Sanders
Afro modernist Aesthetics the Poetry of Sterling A Brown Book PDF

Author : Mark A. Sanders
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0820320501

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Afro-modernist Aesthetics & the Poetry of Sterling A. Brown by Mark A. Sanders Pdf

Sterling A. Brown’s poetry and aesthetics are central to a proper understanding of African American art and politics of the early twentieth century. This study redefines the relationship between modernism and the New Negro era in light of Brown’s uniquely hybrid poetry and vision of a heterodox, pluralist modernism. Brown, also a folklorist and critic, saw the Harlem Renaissance and modernism as interactive rather than mutually exclusive and perceived the New Negro era as the dawning of African American modernity. Reading Brown’s three collections of poetry in light of their respective historical contexts, Sanders examines the ways in which Brown reconfigured black being and created alternative conceptual space for African Americans amid the prevailing racial discourses of American culture. Brown’s poetics call for revised conceptions of the Harlem Renaissance, black identity, artistic expression, and modernity that recognize the range, depth, and complexity of African American life.

Renegade Poetics

Evie Shockley
Renegade Poetics Book PDF

Author : Evie Shockley
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781609380588

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Renegade Poetics by Evie Shockley Pdf

"Beginning with a deceptively simple question--what do we mean when we designate behaviors, values, or forms of expression as "black"?--Evie Shockley's Renegade poetics teases out the more complex and nuanced possibilities the concept has long encompassed. She redefines black aesthetics descriptively, resituating innovative poetry that has been marginalized becuase it was not "recognizably black" and avant-garde poetry dismissed because it was"--Back cover.

Workings of the Spirit

Houston A. Baker (Jr.)
Workings of the Spirit Book PDF

Author : Houston A. Baker (Jr.)
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0226035239

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Workings of the Spirit by Houston A. Baker (Jr.) Pdf

Turning on inspired interpretations of Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, and Ntozake Shange, the author weighs current critical approaches to black women's writing against his own explanation of the founding, theoretical state of Afro-American intellectual history.

A History of African American Poetry

Lauri Ramey
A History of African American Poetry Book PDF

Author : Lauri Ramey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107035478

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A History of African American Poetry by Lauri Ramey Pdf

Offers a critical history of African American poetry from the transatlantic slave trade to present day hip-hop.

African-American Poetry

Joan R. Sherman
African American Poetry Book PDF

Author : Joan R. Sherman
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780486111452

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African-American Poetry by Joan R. Sherman Pdf

Rich selection of 74 poems ranging from religious and moral verse of Phillis Wheatley Peters (ca. 1753–1784) to 20th-century work of Countee Cullen, James Weldon Johnson, and Langston Hughes. Introduction.

The Black Poets

Dudley Randall
The Black Poets Book PDF

Author : Dudley Randall
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1985-04-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780553275636

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The Black Poets by Dudley Randall Pdf

"The claim of The Black Poets to being... an anthology is that it presents the full range of Black-American poetry, from the slave songs to the present day. It is important that folk poetry be included because it is the root and inspiration of later, literary poetry. Not only does this book present the full range of Black poetry, but it presents most poets in depths, and in some cases presents aspects of a poet neglected or overlooked before. Gwendolyn Brooks is represented not only by poems on racial and domestic themes, but is revealed as a writer of superb love lyrics. Tuming away from White models and retuming to their roots has freed Black poets to create a new poetry. This book records their progress."--from the Introduction by Dudley Randall

Black Nature

Camille T. Dungy
Black Nature Book PDF

Author : Camille T. Dungy
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780820334318

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Black Nature by Camille T. Dungy Pdf

Black Nature is the first anthology to focus on nature writing by African American poets, a genre that until now has not commonly been counted as one in which African American poets have participated. Black poets have a long tradition of incorporating treatments of the natural world into their work, but it is often read as political, historical, or protest poetry--anything but nature poetry. This is particularly true when the definition of what constitutes nature writing is limited to work about the pastoral or the wild. Camille T. Dungy has selected 180 poems from 93 poets that provide unique perspectives on American social and literary history to broaden our concept of nature poetry and African American poetics. This collection features major writers such as Phillis Wheatley, Rita Dove, Yusef Komunyakaa, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sterling Brown, Robert Hayden, Wanda Coleman, Natasha Trethewey, and Melvin B. Tolson as well as newer talents such as Douglas Kearney, Major Jackson, and Janice Harrington. Included are poets writing out of slavery, Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, and late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century African American poetic movements. Black Nature brings to the fore a neglected and vital means of considering poetry by African Americans and nature-related poetry as a whole. A Friends Fund Publication.

African-American Poets

Harold Bloom
African American Poets Book PDF

Author : Harold Bloom
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 9781438134369

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African-American Poets by Harold Bloom Pdf

This volume;examines contemporary African-American poets from the well-known writers of the late 20th century to the newly established and emerging voices of today.

I, Too, Sing America

Catherine Clinton
I Too Sing America Book PDF

Author : Catherine Clinton
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0395895995

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I, Too, Sing America by Catherine Clinton Pdf

A collection of poems by African-American writers, including Lucy Terry, Gwendolyn Bennett, and Alice Walker.

Words with Wings

Belinda Rochelle
Words with Wings Book PDF

Author : Belinda Rochelle
Publisher : Collins
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015055466315

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Words with Wings by Belinda Rochelle Pdf

Pairs twenty works of art by African-American artists with twenty poems by twenty African-American poets.

Trouble the Water

Jerry Washington Ward
Trouble the Water Book PDF

Author : Jerry Washington Ward
Publisher : Signet Book
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 0451628640

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Trouble the Water by Jerry Washington Ward Pdf

The haunting refrain of the anonymous spiritual "Were You Dere?," the classic rhymes of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's "Bury Me in a Free Land," the jazz beat of Maya Angelou's "Times-Square-Shoeshine-Composition," and the exquisite balance of Etheridge Knight's haikus-the entire rich and varied tradition of African-American poetry appears in this superb anthology, unified throughout by the authenticity of experiences wrung straight from the soul.Trouble the Water, the first collection to cover close to 300 years of poetic achievement in 400 important works by African-American writers, features women as half the contributors and includes nearly 50 poems from the 1980s and 1990s.

Afro-blue

Tony Bolden
Afro blue Book PDF

Author : Tony Bolden
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 0252028740

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Afro-blue by Tony Bolden Pdf

In Afro-Blue, Tony Bolden traces the ways innovations in black music and poetry have driven the evolution of a variety of other American vernacular artistic forms. The blues tradition, Bolden demonstrates, plays a key role in the relationship between poetry and vernacular expressive forms. Through an analysis of the formal qualities of black poetry and music, Afro-Blue shows that they function as a form of resistance, affirming the values and style of life that oppose bourgeois morality. Even before the term blues had cultural currency, the inscriptions of style and resistance embodied in the blues tradition were already a prominent feature of black poetics. Bolden delineates this interrelation, examining how poets extend and reshape a variety of other verbal folk forms in the same way as blues musicians play with other musical genres. He identifies three distinct bodies of blues poetics: some poets mimic and riff on oral forms, another group fuse their dedication to vernacular culture with a concern for literary conventions, while still others opt to embody the blues poetics by becoming blues musicians - and some combine elements of all three.