Robert Hayden in verse : new histories of African American poetry and the black arts era / Derik Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Derik, author.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hayden, Robert, 1913-1980--Criticism and interpretation.

Hayden, Robert.

Hayden, Robert, 1913-1980.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ( pages)

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, [2018]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"This book sheds new light on the work of Robert Hayden (1913-80) in response to changing literary scholarship. While Hayden's poetry often reflected aspects of the African American experience, he resisted attempts to categorize his poetry in racial terms. This fresh appreciation of Hayden's work recontextualizes his achievements against the backdrop of the Black Arts Movement and traces his influence on contemporary African American poets. Placing Hayden at the heart of a history of African American poetry and culture spanning the Harlem Renaissance to the Hip-Hop era, the book explains why Hayden is now a canonical figure in 20th-century American literature. In deep readings that focus on Hayden's religiousness, class consciousness, and historical vision, author Derik Smith inverts earlier scholarly accounts that figure Hayden as an outsider at odds with the militancy of the Black Arts movement. Robert Hayden in Verse offers detailed descriptions of the poet's vigorous contributions to 1960s discourse about art, modernity, and blackness to show that the poet was, in fact, an earnest participant in Black Arts-era political and aesthetic debates."

Contents:

Introduction

Quarreling in the Movement

The "Cosmic Hero"

The Aesthetics of Changing Churches

Witch Doctors

"beckoning beckoning";

"Shadow of time. Shadow of blood."

"the fire that will save"

Hayden's Legacies

Professors and MCs

Hayden's Heirs

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on information from publisher.

ISBN:

9780472124091

Access Restriction:

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