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03371aam a22003978i 4500 001 F8D813926B5311E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20230510010042 008 150427s2016 nyua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2015009347 020 $a 1501307843 020 $a 9781501307843 020 $a 1501307851 020 $a 9781501307850 035 $a (OCoLC)904081679 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BDX $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d CDX $d UOK $d COO $d OCLCO $d STF $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d NYP $d ZCU $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3551 N464 Z96 2015 100 1 $a Wagner-Martin, Linda, $e author. 245 10 $a Maya Angelou : $b adventurous spirit / $c Linda Wagner-Martin. 264 1 $a New York : $b Bloomsbury Academic, $c 2016. 300 $a xvi, 245 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "A comprehensive biographical and critical reading of the works of American poet and memoirist Maya Angelou (1928-2014). Linda Wagner-Martin covers all six of Angelou's autobiographies, as well as her essay and poetry collections, while also exploring Angelou's life as an African American in the United States, her career as stage and film performer, her thoughtful participation in the Civil Rights actions of the 1960s, and her travels abroad in Egypt, Africa, and Europe. In her discussion of Angelou's methods of writing her stunning autobiography, which began with the 1970 publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Wagner-Martin writes about the influences of the Harlem Writers Group (led by James Baldwin, Paule Marshall, and John O. Killens) as well as Angelou's significant friendships with Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other leaders from both international and African American United States cultures. Crucial concepts throughout include the role of oral traditions, of song and dance, of the spiritualism of art based on religious belief, of Angelou's voiced rhythms and her polished use of dialogue to convey more abstract "meaning." Wagner-Martin shows that, viewing herself as a global citizen, Angelou never lost her spirit of adventure and discovery as well as her ability to overcome"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-236) and index. 505 0 $a Preface -- Chapter One: Marguerite Annie Johnson, April 4, 1928 -- Chapter Two: Ambivalence Is Not So Easy -- Chapter Three: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings -- Chapter Four: Gather Together in My Name -- Chapter Five: Music, Poetry and Being Alive --Chapter Six: Singin' and Swingin' and Getting' Merry Like Christmas -- Chapter Seven: The Heart of a Woman -- Chapter Eight: Africa -- Chapter Nine: A Song Flung Up to Heaven -- Chapter Ten: Poems and the Public Spotlight -- Chapter Eleven: From Autobiography to the Essay -- Chapter Twelve: Maya Angelou as Spirit Leader -- Bibliography -- Index. 600 10 $a Angelou, Maya. 650 0 $a Authors, American $y 20th century $v Biography. 650 0 $a African American authors $v Biography. 650 0 $a Civil rights workers $v Biography. 600 10 $a Angelou, Maya $x Criticism and interpretation. 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231018022801.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220706015726.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508022115.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F8D813926B5311E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search