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Heroism in the New Black Poetry : Introductions and Interviews / D.H. Melhem.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Melhem, D. H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poetry--Authorship.
- Poetry.
- Heroes in literature.
- African Americans in literature.
- African American poets--Interviews.
- African American poets.
- Poets, American--20th century--Interviews.
- Poets, American.
- African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
- African Americans.
- American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.
- American poetry.
- American poetry--African American authors--History and criticism.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (290 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1990.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- D.H. Melhem's clear introductions and frank interviews provide insight into the contemporary social and political consciousness of six acclaimed poets: Amiri Baraka, Gwendolyn Brooks, Jayne Cortez, Haki R. Madhubuti, Dudley Randall, and Sonia Sanchez. Since the 1960s, the poet hero has characterized a significant segment of Black American poetry. The six poets interviewed here have participated in and shaped the vanguard of this movement. Their poetry reflects the critical alternatives of African American life -- separatism and integration, feminism and sexual identity, religion and spirituali
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Gwendolyn Brooks: Humanism and Heroism; INTERVIEW; 2. Dudley Randall: The Poet as Humanist; INTERVIEW; 3. Haki R. Madhubuti (Don L. Lee): Prescriptive Revolution; INTERVIEW; 4. Sonia Sanchez: The Will and the Spirit; INTERVIEW; 5. Jayne Cortez: Supersurrealist Vision; INTERVIEW; 6. Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones): Revolutionary Traditions; INTERVIEW; That Is Construction; Index
- Notes:
- "An American Book Award Winner for 1991"--Cover.
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8131-0807-1
- 0-8131-8988-8
- 0-8131-5813-3
- OCLC:
- 556024198
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