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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Bibliographic Details
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Biographical; 2. A Street in Bronzeville; 3. Annie Allen; 4. Maud Martha, Bronzeville Boys and Girls; 5. The Bean Eaters; 6. Selected Poems; 7. In the Mecca; 8. Riot, Family Pictures, Aloneness; 9. Later Works; ""In Montgomery""; Report from Part One; The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves; Beckonings; Primer For Blacks; To Disembark; Very Young Poets; 10. A Major Poet; Notes; Bibliography of Works by Gwendolyn Brooks; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z.

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