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Slave Songs and the Birth of African American Poetry / by L. Ramey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scheyer, Lauri.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poetry.
- America--Literatures.
- America.
- Social history.
- Oral history.
- European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600.
- European literature.
- Poetry and Poetics.
- North American Literature.
- Social History.
- Oral History.
- Early Modern and Renaissance Literature.
- Local Subjects:
- Poetry and Poetics.
- North American Literature.
- Social History.
- Oral History.
- Early Modern and Renaissance Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2008.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
- Summary:
- In this insightful and provocative volume, Rameyreveals spirituals and slave songs to be a crucial element in American literature. This book shows slave songs'intrinsic value as lyric poetry, sheds light on their roots and originality, anddraws new conclusions on anart form long considereda touchstone of cultural imagination.
- Contents:
- The slave songs and the lyric poetry traditions
- The theology of the lyric tradition in the slave songs
- Image and substance in the slave songs
- Border crossing with the slave songs.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611915636
- 9781349536337
- 1349536334
- 9781281915634
- 1281915637
- 9780230610163
- 0230610161
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