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1 online resource (290 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Gwendolyn Brooks: Humanism and Heroism; INTERVIEW; 2. Dudley Randall: The Poet as Humanist; INTERVIEW; 3. Haki R. Madhubuti (Don L. Lee): Prescriptive Revolution; INTERVIEW; 4. Sonia Sanchez: The Will and the Spirit; INTERVIEW; 5. Jayne Cortez: Supersurrealist Vision; INTERVIEW; 6. Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones): Revolutionary Traditions; INTERVIEW; That Is Construction; Index. |
| Summary |
D.H. Melhem's clear introductions and frank interviews provide insight into the contemporary social and political consciousness of six acclaimed poets: Amiri Baraka, Gwendolyn Brooks, Jayne Cortez, Haki R. Madhubuti, Dudley Randall, and Sonia Sanchez. Since the 1960s, the poet hero has characterized a significant segment of Black American poetry. The six poets interviewed here have participated in and shaped the vanguard of this movement. Their poetry reflects the critical alternatives of African American life -- separatism and integration, feminism and sexual identity, religion and spirituali. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Madhubuti, Haki R., 1942- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Madhubuti, Haki R., 1942- |
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Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014.
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Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014. |
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American poetry -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
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American poetry -- African American authors. |
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American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American poetry. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Intellectual life. |
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Poets, American -- 20th century -- Interviews.
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Poets, American. |
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African American poets -- Interviews.
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African American poets. |
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African Americans in literature.
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African Americans in literature. |
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Heroes in literature.
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Heroes in literature. |
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Poetry -- Authorship.
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Poetry -- Authorship. |
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1900 - 1999 |
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Interviews.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Interviews.
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Print version: Melhem, D.H. Heroism in the New Black Poetry : Introductions and Interviews. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 9780813117096 |
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9780813158136 electronic book |
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0813158133 electronic book |
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