African-American Poets: Volume 1: 1700s-1940s
African-American Poets: Volume 1: 1700s-1940s
Bloom, Harold
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Chelsea House
Just the Series: Bloom's Modern Critical Views Vol. 1   

Series and Publisher: Bloom's Modern Critical Views   

Annotation: Analyzes the principal African-American poets and their works from the eighteenth century through the present, including their impact on the literary world.
Genre: [Literature and language] [Poetry]
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #4106363
Format: Library Binding
Publisher: Chelsea House
Copyright Date: 2009
Edition Date: 2009 Release Date: 04/01/09
Pages: vi, 264 pages
ISBN: 1-604-13400-3
ISBN 13: 978-1-604-13400-1
Dewey: 811.009
LCCN: 2008054305
Dimensions: 25 cm.
Subject Heading:
American poetry. African American authors. History and criticism.
African Americans. Intellectual life.
African Americans in literature.
Language: English
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Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reading Level: 9.0
Interest Level: 9-12
This volume focuses on the principal African-American poets from colonial times to the Harlem Renaissance and the World War II era, paying tribute to a rich heritage that has deeply influenced the nation’s literature. Poets covered in this volume include Phillis Wheatley, author of the first volume of verse published by an African American, and the seminal figures Gwendolyn Brooks, Countee Cullen, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, and Jean Toomer. Complete with a chronology, bibliography, and notes on the contributors, this new volume in theBloom’s Modern Critical Viewsseries also features an essay by noted literary critic Harold Bloom, who introduces the volume with his thoughts on this group of vibrant poets whose work has altered the landscape of American literature.
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This volume focuses on the principal African-American poets from colonial times to the Harlem Renaissance and the World War II era, paying tribute to a rich heritage that has deeply influenced the nation's literature. Poets covered in this volume include Phillis Wheatley, author of the first volume of verse published by an African American, and the seminal figures Gwendolyn Brooks, Countee Cullen, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, and Jean Toomer. Complete with a chronology, bibliography, and notes on the contributors, this new volume in the ""Bloom's Modern Critical Views"" series also features an essay by noted literary critic Harold Bloom, who introduces the volume with his thoughts on this group of vibrant poets whose work has altered the landscape of American literature.

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