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African American poetry : 250 years of struggle & song

250 years of struggle & song (portion title)
Young, Kevin 1970- (editor.).

Summary: Across a turbulent history, Black poets created a rich and multifaceted tradition that has been both a reckoning with American realities and an imaginative response to them. One of the great American art forms, African American poetry encompasses many kinds of verse: formal, experimental, vernacular, lyric, and protest. The anthology opens with moving testaments to the power of poetry as a means of self-assertion, as enslaved people voice their passionate resistance to slavery. This volume captures the power and beauty of this diverse tradition and its challenge to American poetry and culture. The volume also features biographies of each poet and notes that illuminate cultural references and allusions to historical events.--

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  • ISBN: 9781598536669
  • ISBN: 1598536664
  • Physical Description: print
    lx, 1110 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : The Library of America, [2020]

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General Note:
Anthology of poems.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Subject:
American poetry African American authors
American poetry African American authors History and criticism
African Americans Intellectual life
African Americans in literature
African Americans Poetry
Social problems Poetry
Passive resistance United States Poetry
Genre:
Poetry.

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