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Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry and the Heroic Voice

By D. H , Melhem

Book information

Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Year
2015
ISBN
0813116058, 0813101808, 9780813116051, 9780813148588, 0813148588
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
26 MB (27081740 bytes)
Pages
281 Seiten\281
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

Gwendolyn Brooks is one of the major American poets of this century and the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry (1950). Yet far less critical attention has focused on her work than on that of her peers. In this comprehensive biocritical study, Melhem -- herself a poet and critic -- traces the development of Brooks's poetry over four decades, from such early works as A Street in Bronzeville, Annie Allen, and The Bean Eaters, to the more recent In the Mecca, Riot, and To Disembark. In addition to analyzing the poetic devices used, Melhem examines the biographical, historical ...

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