Countee Cullen: collected poems

A major and sometimes controversial figure of the Harlem Renaissance, Countee Cullen fused a mastery of the formal lyric with a passionate engagement with themes social, religious, racial, and personal in such books as Color, Copper Sun, and The Black Christ. Certain of his poems-- "Heritage,&q...

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Main Author: Cullen, Countee 1903-1946 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Library of America 2013
Series:American poets project 32
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Summary:A major and sometimes controversial figure of the Harlem Renaissance, Countee Cullen fused a mastery of the formal lyric with a passionate engagement with themes social, religious, racial, and personal in such books as Color, Copper Sun, and The Black Christ. Certain of his poems-- "Heritage," "Yet Do I Marvel" -- are widely celebrated, but much of Cullen's work remains to be discovered. This volume restores to print a body of work of singular intensity and beauty
Physical Description:XXXV, 298 S. Ill.
ISBN:9781598530834

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