Author
Lewis, Robin Coste.
Pub Date:
2015
Call No.
811.6 LEW
Format
Books
ISBN
9781101875438 9781101911204
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Author
Young, Kevin, 1970- editor.
Pub Date:
2020
Call No.
811.008 AFR
Format
Books
Summary
Across a turbulent history, Black poets created a rich and multifaceted tradition that has been both a reckoning with American realities and an imaginative response to them. One of the great American art forms, African American poetry encompasses many kinds of verse: formal, experimental, vernacular, lyric, and protest. The anthology opens with moving testaments to the power of poetry as a means of self-assertion, as enslaved people voice their passionate resistance to slavery. This volume captures the power and beauty of this diverse tradition and its challenge to American poetry and culture. The volume also features biographies of each poet and notes that illuminate cultural references and allusions to historical events. -- adapted from jacket
ISBN
9781598536669
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