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Robert Hayden in verse : new histories of African American poetry and the Black arts era /

"This book sheds new light on the work of Robert Hayden (1913-80) in response to changing literary scholarship. While Hayden's poetry often reflected aspects of the African American experience, he resisted attempts to categorize his poetry in racial terms. This fresh appreciation of Hayden...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith, Derik (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2018]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Part I. Meetings and Quarrels; Introduction; Chapter 1. Quarreling in the Movement; Part II. Faith and the Folk; Chapter 2. The "Cosmic Hero"; Chapter 3. The Aesthetics of Changing Churches; Chapter 4. Witch Doctors; Part III. Hayden's Histories; Chapter 5. "beckoning beckoning"; Chapter 6. "Shadow of time. Shadow of blood."; Chapter 7. "the fire that will save"; Part IV. Hayden's Legacies; Chapter 8. Professors and MCs; Chapter 9. Hayden's Heirs; Notes; Bibliography; Index