Works of James M. Whitfield : America and Other Writings by a Nineteenth-Century African American Poet.

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Levine and Wilson restore James Monroe Whitfield (1822@-71), the African American poet, abolitionist, and intellectual, to his rightful place in the arts and politics of the nineteenth-century United States. This volume contains all of Whitfield's extant writings, both poetry and prose, and man...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Levine, Robert S.
Otros Autores: Wilson, Ivy G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
Temas:
1800-1899
African Americans > Literary collections.
American poetry > African American authors.
American poetry > 19th century.
African Americans > Intellectual life > 19th century > Literary collections.
Noirs américains > Anthologies.
Poésie américaine > Auteurs noirs américains.
Poésie américaine > 19e siècle.
Noirs américains > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siècle > Anthologies.
African Americans
African Americans > Intellectual life
American poetry
American poetry > African American authors
Literary collections
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Levine and Wilson restore James Monroe Whitfield (1822@-71), the African American poet, abolitionist, and intellectual, to his rightful place in the arts and politics of the nineteenth-century United States. This volume contains all of Whitfield's extant writings, both poetry and prose, and many pieces are reprinted here for the first time since their original publication.
Notas:Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; A Note on the Texts; PART I: America; America and Other Poems; PART II: Black Nationalism and Emigration; Extracts from an Eulogy Delivered before the Buffalo Library Association upon the Life and Character of the Late Thomas Harris; Letter to Frederick Douglass, 30 August 1849; Arguments, Pro and Con, on the Call for a National Emigration Convention; From The Vision; Morning Song; Report on the Establishment of a Periodical, to Be the Organ of the Black and Colored Race on the American Continent; Prospectus of the Afric-American Quarterly Repository.
Lines, Addressed to Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Holly, on the Death of Their Two Infant DaughtersLetter to Frank P. Blair, Jr., 1 February 1858; Letter to the Pacific Appeal, 2 August 1862; PART III: Poems from California; Elegy on T.T. Tatem, Esq.; To A--. Sketching from Nature; A Poem, Written for the Celebration of the Fourth Anniversary of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation; Poem, Written by J.M. Whitfield for the Celebration of the Anniversary of West Indian Emancipation; Poem; Selected Bibliography.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (252 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780807877814
0807877816

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