Understanding the new Black poetry; Black speech and Black music as poetic references / by Stephen Henderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henderson, Stephen, 1925-1997, compiler.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--African American authors.

American poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (stamp) (Banks Collection copy 1)

Banks, Joanna (bookplate) (donor) (inscription) (Banks Collection copy 2)

Henderson, Stephen Evangelist, 1925- (autograph) (Banks Collection copy 2)

Physical Description:

xxii pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 394 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1973.

Contents:

Introduction: The Forms of Things Unknown

Section I: Pre-Harlem Renaissance and Soul-Field

Section II: The Harlem Renaissance and Afterward, Soul-Field

Section III: The New Black Consciousness, The Same Difference.

Notes:

"An Institute of the Black World book."

"Jacket design by Walter Harper."

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy 1: dustjacket retained.

Banks Collection copy 1 has embossed stamp "JB The Library of Joanna Banks".

Banks Collection copy 2 is Morrow Paperback Edition.

Banks Collection copy 2 has bookplate of Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy 2 inscribed "To Joanna Banks. With sincere good wishes - Stephen E. Henderson 2/15/73".

ISBN:

0688001394 :

0688051391

0688060188

OCLC:

416504