The new red Negro : the literary left and African American poetry, 1930-1946 / James Edward Smethurst.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smethurst, James Edward.

Contributor:

Louis A. Duhring Fund.

Series:

Race and American culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--African American authors--History and criticism.

American poetry.

American poetry--African American authors.

Communism and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Communism and literature.

United States.

History.

American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

Political poetry, American--History and criticism.

Political poetry, American.

Right and left (Political science) in literature.

African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Intellectual life.

African Americans--Politics and government.

African Americans in literature.

Race relations in literature.

United States--Race relations.

Race relations.

Physical Description:

xii, 288 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Summary:

This book surveys African American poetry between the onset of the Depression and the early days of the Cold War. The New Red Negro considers the relationship between the thematic and formal choices of African American poets and organized ideology from the "proletarian" early 1930s to the "neo-modernist" late 1940s. Smethurst examines poetry by writers who are canonical, less well-known, and virtually unknown.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-275) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.

ISBN:

019512054X

OCLC:

38898072