Author: Sterling a Brown
Publisher: Westphalia Press
ISBN: 9781935907541
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Commissioned by the great Alain Locke and edited by Sterling A. Brown, Negro Poetry and Drama was an essential tool in the African American adult education movement during the early twentieth century. The fight for civil rights was accompanied by a move to educate African Americans who were forcibly ignorant to the histories and contributions of those before them. By showcasing the various works and biographies of black writers, poets, playwrights, and dramatists, Negro Poetry uncovers and celebrates voices of the past, offering unique stories which had previously been marginalized or otherwise ignored within the American canon. Complete with the original discussion questions at the end of each chapter, this edition of Negro Poetry gives us a glimpse of the steps African Americans took to re-educate and reclaim their narratives in the fight towards equality. Whitney Shepard has a background in English and African American Studies, with an interest in critical race theory and social justice. She is currently the Director of Development and Programs at the Policy Studies Organization in Washington DC.
Author: Harold Bloom
Publisher: Chelsea House
ISBN:
Category : African Americans in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Contains biographies and critical extracts of ten African-American poets and dramatists of the Harlem Renaissance.
Author: Harold Bloom
Publisher: Facts On File
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Alice Childress, Lucille Clifton, Owen Dodson, James A. Emanuel, Lorraine Hansberry, Robert Hayden
Author: Emmanuel S. Nelson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313052891
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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Despite their significant contributions to the American theater, African American dramatists have received less critical attention than novelists and poets. This reference offers thorough critical assessments of the lives and works of African American playwrights from the 19th century to the present. The book alphabetically arranges entries on more than 60 dramatists, including James Baldwin, Arna Bontemps, Ossie Davis, Zora Neale Hurston, and Richard Wright. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a summary of the playwright's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies. The volume closes with a selected, general bibliography. African American dramatists have made enormous contributions to the theater and their works are included in numerous editions and anthologies. Some of the most popular plays of the 20th century have been written by African Americans, and high school students and undergraduates study their works. But for all their popularity and influence, African American playwrights have received less critical attention than poets and novelists. This reference offers thorough critical assessments of more than 60 African American dramatists from the 19th century to the present.
Author: Harold Bloom
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Biographies and critical extracts of 12 black American poets and dramatists before the Harlem Renaissance.
Author: Ravi Shankar Singh
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789385623448
Category : African American dramatists
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Author: Harold Bloom
Publisher: Chelsea House
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Provides information on seventeen Black American women poets and dramatists.
Author: Harold Bloom
Publisher: Chelsea House
ISBN: 9780791022382
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This volume provides biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on the fourteen most significant contemporary black American poets and dramatists, including Ed Bullins, Rita Dove, Nikki Giovanni, Audre Lorde, Thylias Moss, Ishmael Reed, and Ntozake Shange.
Author: Harold Bloom
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780785753520
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages :
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Bibliographical information on African-American poets and dramatists.
Author: Harold editor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781438192871
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages :
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This eBook provides biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on some of the most significant black poets and dramatists of the 20th century, including Amiri Baraka, Gwendolyn Brooks, Lorraine Hansberry, and Rober.
