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Heroism in the New Black Poetry : Introductions and Interviews /

D.H. Melhem's clear introductions and frank interviews provide insight into the contemporary social and political consciousness of six acclaimed poets: Amiri Baraka, Gwendolyn Brooks, Jayne Cortez, Haki R. Madhubuti, Dudley Randall, and Sonia Sanchez. Since the 1960s, the poet hero has characte...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Melhem, D. H.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Gwendolyn Brooks: Humanism and Heroism; INTERVIEW; 2. Dudley Randall: The Poet as Humanist; INTERVIEW; 3. Haki R. Madhubuti (Don L. Lee): Prescriptive Revolution; INTERVIEW; 4. Sonia Sanchez: The Will and the Spirit; INTERVIEW; 5. Jayne Cortez: Supersurrealist Vision; INTERVIEW; 6. Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones): Revolutionary Traditions; INTERVIEW; That Is Construction; Index.