Black protest poetry : polemics from the Harlem renaissance and the sixties / Margaret Ann Reid ; foreword by Nikki Giovanni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reid, Margaret Ann.

Series:

Studies in African and African-American culture ; vol. 8.

Studies in African and African-American culture ; vol. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Protest poetry, American.

Literature and society--United States--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

African American authors.

United States.

History.

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

American poetry.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Intellectual life--20th century.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.).

Social problems in literature.

African Americans in literature.

Harlem Renaissance.

Polemics.

Physical Description:

xvi, 136 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : P. Lang, [2001]

Contents:

Foreword: The Faith of a Mustard Seed (in the Power of a Poem) / Nikki Giovanni xiii

1. Introduction: Rooted in Tradition 1

2. The Harlem Renaissance 7

3. The Revolutionary Sixties 49

Appendix Possible Source for the Lynching in Anne Spencer's "White Things" 109.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [121]-127) and index.

ISBN:

082042482X

OCLC:

30075198