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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454730503321

Titolo

Every goodbye ain't gone [[electronic resource] ] : an anthology of innovative poetry by African Americans / / edited by Aldon Lynn Nielsen and Lauri Ramey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, Ala., : University of Alabama Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8173-8213-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Collana

Modern and contemporary poetics

Altri autori (Persone)

NielsenAldon Lynn

RameyLauri

Disciplina

811.008/0896073

Soggetti

American poetry - African American authors

African Americans

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Lloyd Addison; William Anderson; Russell Atkins; Amiri Baraka; Jodi Braxton; Harold Carrington; Stephen Chambers; Jayne Cortez; Lawrence S. Cumberbatch; Rudy Bee Graham; William J. Harris; De Leon Harrison; David Henderson; Calvin Hernton; Joseph Jarman; Ted Joans; Percy Johnston; Stephen Jonas; June Jordan; Bob Kaufman; Elouise Loftin; N. J. Loftis; Clarence Major; Leroy McLucas; Oliver Pitcher; Tom Postell; Norman H. Pritchard; Helen Quigless; Ishmael Reed; Ed Roberson; A. B. Spellman; Primus St. John; Glenn Stokes; Cecil Taylor; Lorenzo Thomas; Melvin B. Tolson

Gloria TroppTom Weatherly; first monday scottsboro alabama; Contributors; Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

Showcases brilliant and experimental work in African American poetry.   Just prior to the Second World War, and even more explosively in the 1950's and 1960's, a far-reaching revolution in aesthetics and prosody by black poets ensued, some working independently and others in organized groups. Little of this new work was reflected in the anthologies and syllabi of college English courses of the period. Even during the 1970's, when African American literature began to receive substantial critical attention, the work of many experimental black



poets continued to be neglect