African-American PoetsHarold Bloom Infobase Publishing, 2009 - Criticism This volume focuses on the principal African-American poets from colonial times through the Harlem Renaissance, paying tribute to a heritage that has long been overlooked. Works covered in this text include poems by Phillis Wheatley, widely recognized as |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
African American Poetry and Vernacular Performance | 7 |
DH Lawrence and Black Writers | 29 |
Introduction to The Poems of Phillis Wheatley | 47 |
Phillis Wheatleys Use of Biblical Myth and Symbol | 69 |
A Study of Frances Watkins Harpers Poetry | 95 |
Paul Dunbar and the Mask of Dialect | 113 |
Master Player in a Fixed Game | 129 |
The Poetry of Langston Hughes | 205 |
Private Desire and Public Responsibility in the Poetry of Countee Cullen | 237 |
Echoes of Blakes Tiger in Cullens Heritage | 265 |
Evolution of Style in the Poetry of Melvin B Tolson | 273 |
The Sonnets of Melvin B Tolson | 291 |
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Biographical Notes | 311 |
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