| Description |
viii, 181 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Twentieth century views
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A Spectrum book
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Spectrum book.
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Twentieth century views.
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| Contents |
Gibson, D. B. Introduction.--Redding, J. S. The new Negro poet in the twenties.--Randall, D. The Black aesthetic in the thirties, forties, and fifties.--Gibson, D. B. The good Black poet and the good gray poet: the poetry of Hughes and Whitman.--Emanuel, J. A. Christ in Alabama: religion in the Poetry of Langston Hughes.--Collier, E. W. I do not marvel, Countee Cullen.--A poet's odyssey: Melvin B. Tolson.--Davis, C. T. Robert Hayden's use of history.--Jacobus, L. A. Imamu Amiri Baraka: the quest for moral order.--Taylor, C. Baraka as poet.--Palmer, R. R. The poetry of three revolutionists: Don L. Lee, Sonia Sanchez, and Nikki Giovanni.--Davis, A. P. The new poetry of Black hate.--Humanistic protest in recent black poetry.--Bibliography (p. 167-181) |
| Subject |
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 |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Intellectual life.
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African Americans -- Intellectual life. |
| ISBN |
013588392X 0135883849 (pbk) $5.95 |
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