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03705aam a2200469 i 4500 001 78E4ED7AB85D11E6BDBAC4DDDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161202010137 008 151110s2016 njua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015037353 020 $a 9780813570785 020 $a 0813570786 020 $a 0813570794 020 $a 9780813570792 035 $a (OCoLC)927401068 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ny 050 00 $a PS310 N4 H66 2016 100 1 $a Honey, Maureen, $d 1945- $e author. 245 10 $a Aphrodite's daughters : $b three modernist poets of the Harlem Renaissance / $c Maureen Honey. 264 1 $a New Brunswick, New Jersey : $b Rutgers University Press, $c [2016] 300 $a xvi, 269 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "Aphrodite's Daughters brings to dramatic life three lyrical poets of the Harlem Renaissance whose work was among the earliest to display erotic passion as a source of empowerment for women. Angelina Weld Grimke, Gwendolyn B. Bennett, and Mae V. Cowdery are framed as bold pioneers whose verse opened new frontiers into women's sexuality at the dawn of a new century. Honey describes Grimke construction of a Sapphic deity inspiring acolytes to express forbidden same-sex desire while she outlines Bennett's exploration of sexual pleasure and pain and Cowdery's frank depiction of bisexual erotics. Grimke, Bennett, and Cowdery, she argues, embraced the lyric "I" as an expression of their modernity as artists, women, and participants in the New Negro Movement by highlighting the female body as a primary source of meaning, strength and transcendence. Honey juxtaposes each poet's creative work against her life writing, personal archive, and appearances in the black press. These new source materials dramatically illuminate verse that has largely appeared without its biographical context or modernist roots. Honey's highly nuanced bio-critical portraits of this unique cadre of New Negro poets reveal the fascinating complexity of their private lives, and she creates absorbing narratives for all three as they experienced sexual awakening in lesbian, heterosexual, and bisexual contexts. The vivid interplay between intimate, racial and artistic currents in their lives makes Aphrodite's Daughters a compelling story of three courageous women who dared to be sexually alive New Negro artists paving the way toward our own era."-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a American poetry $x History and criticism. $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a American poetry $x History and criticism. $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Harlem Renaissance. 650 0 $a African American poets $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Women poets, American $y 20th century. 650 0 $a African American women $z New York $z New York $x Intellectual life. 650 0 $a Modernism (Literature) $z New York. $z New York. 650 0 $a African American arts $z New York $z New York $y 20th century. 600 10 $a Grimke, Angelina Weld, $d 1880-1958 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Bennett, Gwendolyn, $d 1902-1981 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Cowdery, Mae V. $q (Mae Virginia), $d approximately 1909-1953 $x Criticism and interpretation. 776 08 $i Electronic version: $a Honey, Maureen, 1945- $t Aphrodite's daughters. $d New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2016 $z 9780813570808 $w (OCoLC)954678702 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213015007.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180502011439.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=78E4ED7AB85D11E6BDBAC4DDDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search