Maya Angelou : adventurous spirit : from I know why the caged bird sings (1970) to Rainbow in the cloud, The wisdom and spirit of Maya Angelou (2014) / Linda Wagner-Martin.
Edition:
Revised and updated edition.
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
xvi, 283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The last years. 14. Marguerite Annie Johnson, April 4, 1928 -- 2. Ambivalence is not so easy -- 3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings -- 4. Gather Together in My Name -- 5. Music, poetry, and being alive -- 6. Singin and Swingin and Gettin Merry Like Christmas -- 7. The Heart of a Woman -- 8. Africa -- 9. A Song Flung Up to Heaven -- 10. Poems and the public spotlight -- 11. From autobiography to the essay -- 12. Maya Angelou as spirit leader -- 13. "Given to grace notes": Words as music in Maya Angelou's writing -- 14. The last years.
Summary:
"A wide-ranging critical and biographical reading of Maya Angelou's life and work, from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970) to His Day Is Done, A Nelson Mandela Tribute (2014). Now fully revised and updated and featuring two new chapters covering Angelou's final years"-- Provided by publisher.
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