African-American Poetry of the Nineteenth Century: An AnthologyJoan R. Sherman University of Illinois Press, 1992 - 506 pagine In this bestselling companion to her pioneering study, Invisible Poets, Joan Sherman continues to make new generations aware of the "invisible" legacy of nineteenth-century black American poetry. The 171 poems here, by thirty-five men and women, have been transcribed from first editions and are annotated in detail. |
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Pagina 1
... verse - all but three of the thirty- five poets here did so . ' The collection can thus reveal the range of talents , techniques , and interests of individuals for whom poetry was a lifelong avocation , those who were unusually ...
... verse - all but three of the thirty- five poets here did so . ' The collection can thus reveal the range of talents , techniques , and interests of individuals for whom poetry was a lifelong avocation , those who were unusually ...
Pagina 3
... verse , poetry by blacks reflects and responds to the changing political , social , and cultural scene , to the ... verse form : the ode , sonnet , ballad , Spenserian stanza , ottava rima , heroic couplet , terza rima , rhymed triplet ...
... verse , poetry by blacks reflects and responds to the changing political , social , and cultural scene , to the ... verse form : the ode , sonnet , ballad , Spenserian stanza , ottava rima , heroic couplet , terza rima , rhymed triplet ...
Pagina 4
... verse , or hopeful accommodation later on , or irony in dialect verse distinguish black from white poems on the same subjects . And although two verses on the love of God , one black , one white , seem esthetically indistinguishable ...
... verse , or hopeful accommodation later on , or irony in dialect verse distinguish black from white poems on the same subjects . And although two verses on the love of God , one black , one white , seem esthetically indistinguishable ...
Pagina 6
... verses by the slave poet Horton and the former slave Walden ; and their folkways selectively surface again in dialect verse of the century's last two decades . In contrast to the sly humor of Simpson's songs , antislavery verse by the ...
... verses by the slave poet Horton and the former slave Walden ; and their folkways selectively surface again in dialect verse of the century's last two decades . In contrast to the sly humor of Simpson's songs , antislavery verse by the ...
Pagina 8
... verse is pious and conciliatory in tone , or playfully witty ; he never refers to his eighteen years in bondage . The second postwar response , also initiated by Whitman and characteristic of his work until 1900 , is aggrandizement of ...
... verse is pious and conciliatory in tone , or playfully witty ; he never refers to his eighteen years in bondage . The second postwar response , also initiated by Whitman and characteristic of his work until 1900 , is aggrandizement of ...
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African-American Poetry of the Nineteenth Century: An Anthology Joan R. Sherman Anteprima limitata - 1992 |
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African-American Poetry of the Nineteenth Century: An Anthology Joan R. Sherman Anteprima non disponibile - 1992 |
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