Black Poets

Name: Black Poets
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ISBN: 9780553275636

ISBN-10: 0553275631

ISBN-13: 9780553275636

Edition: N/A

Authors: Dudley Randall

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"The claim of The Black Poets to being... an anthology is that it presents the full range of Black-American poetry, from the slave songs to the present day. It is important that folk poetry be included because it is the root and inspiration of later, literary poetry. Not only does this book present the full range of Black poetry, but it presents most poets in depths, and in some cases presents aspects of a poet neglected or overlooked before. Gwendolyn Brooks is represented not only by poems on racial and domestic themes, but is revealed as a writer of superb love lyrics. Tuming away from White models and retuming to their roots has freed Black poets to create a new poetry.…

Book details

List price: $9.99
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/1/1985
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 4.25" wide x 7.01" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English