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Author:
Melhem, D. H.
Title:
Gwendolyn brooks, poetry and the heroic voice.
Publisher:
Univ Press Of Kentucky,
Copyright Date:
1988
Description:
270 pages
Subject:
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000.
Poets, American--20th century--Biography.
African Americans--Intellectual life.
African Americans in literature.
Poètes américains--20e siècle--Biographies.
Noirs américains--Vie intellectuelle.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
African Americans in literature.
African Americans--Intellectual life.
Poets, American.
1900-1999
Biographies.
Contents:
Biographical -- A Street in Bronzeville -- Annie Allen -- Maud Martha, Bronzeville Boys and Girls -- The Bean Eaters -- Selected Poems -- In the Mca -- Riot, Family Pictures, Aloneness -- Later Works (In Montgomery, Report from Part One, The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves, Beckonings, Primer for Blacks, To Disembark, Very Young Poets) -- A Major Poet.
Summary:
This comprehensive biocritical study traces the development of Brooks's poetry over four decades, from such early works as "A Street in Bronzeville" and the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Annie Allen" to the more recent "In the Mecca", "Riot", and "To Disembark". Lightning Print On Demand Title.
ISBN:
9780813101804
0813101808
OCLC:
(OCoLC)793386525
Locations:
UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)

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