Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry and the Heroic Voice
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1. Verfasser: Melhem, D. H. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lexington The University Press of Kentucky 1987
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Biographical; 2. A Street in Bronzeville; 3. Annie Allen; 4. Maud Martha, Bronzeville Boys and Girls; 5. The Bean Eaters; 6. Selected Poems; 7. In the Mecca; 8. Riot, Family Pictures, Aloneness; 9. Later Works; ""In Montgomery""; Report from Part One; The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves; Beckonings; Primer For Blacks; To Disembark; Very Young Poets; 10. A Major Poet; Notes; Bibliography of Works by Gwendolyn Brooks; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z.
Gwendolyn Brooks is one of the major American poets of this century and the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry (1950). Yet far less critical attention has focused on her work than on that of her peers. In this comprehensive biocritical study, Melhem -- herself a poet and critic -- traces the development of Brooks's poetry over four decades, from such early works as A Street in Bronzeville, Annie Allen, and The Bean Eaters, to the more recent In the Mecca, Riot, and To Disembark. In addition to analyzing the poetic devices used, Melhem examines the biographical, historical
Beschreibung:281 pages
ISBN:9780813148588
0813148588

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