Drumvoices : the mission of Afro-American poetry : a critical history / by Eugene B. Redmond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Redmond, Eugene.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American poetry.

American poetry--African American authors.

African Americans--Intellectual life.

African Americans.

African Americans in literature.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 464 pages ; 18 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Distribution:

Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday.

Place of Publication:

Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Press, 1976.

Contents:

Black poetry: View, visions, conflicts

The Black and unknown bards

African voice in eclipse (?): Imitation and agitation (1746-1865)

Jubilees, Jujus, and Justcies (1865-1910)

A long ways from home (1910-1960)

Festivals and funerals: Black poetry of the 1960s and 1970s

Conclusion: Afterthoughts.

Notes:

"A Doubleday Anchor Original"

"Cover Painting by Laurence Schwinger. Typography by Doug Wink."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [423]-454) and index.

ISBN:

0385061684 :

OCLC:

2330887