Extraordinary measures : Afrocentric modernism and twentieth-century American poetry /
Thomas, Lorenzo, 1944-2005.
Extraordinary measures : Afrocentric modernism and twentieth-century American poetry / Lorenzo Thomas. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2000. - xiv, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Modern and contemporary poetics . - Modern and contemporary poetics. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-260) and index.
Fenton Johnson : the high cost of militance -- William Stanley Braithwaite and Harriet Monroe : the battle for new poetry -- Margaret Walker and the contest to define America -- Literary criticism and the color line : Melvin B. Tolson's eloquent accommodations -- Roots of the Black Arts movement : New York in the 1960s -- Amiri Baraka : gathering the spirits -- A change is gonna come : Black voices of Louisiana -- Neon griot : the functional role of poetry readings -- At the edge of the twenty-first century.
"Revives and appraises the writings of a number of this century's most important African American poets."--Cover.
0817310142 9780817310141 0817310150 9780817310158
99006833
GBA070889 bnb GBA0-70889
008495419 Uk 007419558 Uk
1900-1999
Geschichte 1900-1999
American poetry--African American authors--History and criticism.
American poetry--History and criticism.--20th century
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
Modernism (Literature)--United States.
American poetry--African influences.
African Americans in literature.
Poésie américaine--Auteurs noirs américains--Histoire et critique.
Poésie américaine--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
Modernisme (Littérature)--États-Unis.
Poésie américaine--Influence africaine.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
African Americans in literature.
African Americans--Intellectual life.
American poetry.
American poetry--African American authors.
American poetry--African influences.
Modernism (Literature)
Lyrik
Schwarze
United States.
USA
USA.
Schwarze.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PS310.N4 / T48 2000
811/.509896073
Extraordinary measures : Afrocentric modernism and twentieth-century American poetry / Lorenzo Thomas. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2000. - xiv, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Modern and contemporary poetics . - Modern and contemporary poetics. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-260) and index.
Fenton Johnson : the high cost of militance -- William Stanley Braithwaite and Harriet Monroe : the battle for new poetry -- Margaret Walker and the contest to define America -- Literary criticism and the color line : Melvin B. Tolson's eloquent accommodations -- Roots of the Black Arts movement : New York in the 1960s -- Amiri Baraka : gathering the spirits -- A change is gonna come : Black voices of Louisiana -- Neon griot : the functional role of poetry readings -- At the edge of the twenty-first century.
"Revives and appraises the writings of a number of this century's most important African American poets."--Cover.
0817310142 9780817310141 0817310150 9780817310158
99006833
GBA070889 bnb GBA0-70889
008495419 Uk 007419558 Uk
1900-1999
Geschichte 1900-1999
American poetry--African American authors--History and criticism.
American poetry--History and criticism.--20th century
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
Modernism (Literature)--United States.
American poetry--African influences.
African Americans in literature.
Poésie américaine--Auteurs noirs américains--Histoire et critique.
Poésie américaine--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
Modernisme (Littérature)--États-Unis.
Poésie américaine--Influence africaine.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
African Americans in literature.
African Americans--Intellectual life.
American poetry.
American poetry--African American authors.
American poetry--African influences.
Modernism (Literature)
Lyrik
Schwarze
United States.
USA
USA.
Schwarze.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PS310.N4 / T48 2000
811/.509896073