Gwendolyn Brooks : Poetry and the Heroic Voice

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Gwendolyn Brooks is one of the major American poets of this century and the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry (1950). Yet far less critical attention has focused on her work than on that of her peers. In this comprehensive biocritical study, Melhem -- herself a poet and critic -...

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Main Author: Melhem, D. H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1987.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Brooks, Gwendolyn, > 1917-2000.
Poets, American.
African Americans in literature.
African American poets.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > African American.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
Noirs americains dans la litterature.
Poetes noirs americains > Biographies.
Poetes americains > 20e siecle > Biographies.
African American poets > Biography.
Poets, American > 20th century > Biography.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Gwendolyn Brooks is one of the major American poets of this century and the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry (1950). Yet far less critical attention has focused on her work than on that of her peers. In this comprehensive biocritical study, Melhem -- herself a poet and critic -- traces the development of Brooks's poetry over four decades, from such early works as A Street in Bronzeville, Annie Allen, and The Bean Eaters, to the more recent In the Mecca, Riot, and To Disembark. In addition to analyzing the poetic devices used, Melhem examines the biographical, historical.
Physical Description:1 online resource (280 pages).
ISBN:9780813148588

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