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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798407403321

Autore

Honey Maureen

Titolo

Aphrodite's Daughters : Three Modernist Poets of the Harlem Renaissance / / Maureen Honey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-8135-7080-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : 21 photographs

Disciplina

811.5209928708996073

Soggetti

African American arts - New York (State) - New York - 20th century

African American poets - 20th century

African American women - New York (State) - New York - Intellectual life

American poetry - African American authors - History and criticism

American poetry - Women authors - History and criticism

American poetry - New York (State) - New York - African American authors - History and criticism

Harlem Renaissance

Modernism (Literature) - New York (State) - New York

Women poets, American - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Lyric Poetry of Angelina Weld Grimké, Gwendolyn B. Bennett, and Mae V. Cowdery -- 2. Angelina Weld Grimké's Sapphic Temple of Desire -- 3. Harlem's Phoenix: Gwendolyn B. Bennett -- 4. Shattered Mirror: The Failed Promise of Mae V. Cowdery -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: List of Published Poetry -- Appendix B: Selected List of Unpublished Poetry -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Further Reading -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The Harlem Renaissance was a watershed moment for racial uplift, poetic innovation, sexual liberation, and female empowerment. Aphrodite's Daughters introduces us to three amazing women who were at the forefront of all these developments, poetic iconoclasts who



pioneered new and candidly erotic forms of female self-expression.     Maureen Honey paints a vivid portrait of three African American women-Angelina Weld Grimké, Gwendolyn B. Bennett, and Mae V. Cowdery-who came from very different backgrounds but converged in late 1920's Harlem to leave a major mark on the literary landscape. She examines the varied ways these poets articulated female sexual desire, ranging from Grimké's invocation of a Sapphic goddess figure to Cowdery's frank depiction of bisexual erotics to Bennett's risky exploration of the borders between sexual pleasure and pain. Yet Honey also considers how they were united in their commitment to the female body as a primary source of meaning, strength, and transcendence.   The product of extensive archival research, Aphrodite's Daughters draws from Grimké, Bennett, and Cowdery's published and unpublished poetry, along with rare periodicals and biographical materials, to immerse us in the lives of these remarkable women and the world in which they lived. It thus not only shows us how their artistic contributions and cultural interventions were vital to their own era, but also demonstrates how the poetic heart of their work keeps on beating.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910674371103321

Autore

Duan Xiaoming

Titolo

Advances in Middle Infrared Laser Crystals and Its Applications

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Soggetti

Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering

Technology: general issues

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

In the last twenty years, there has been a growing interest in middle infrared (mid-IR) laser crystals and their application to achieve mid-IR laser radiations, which has benefited from the development of novel mid-infrared crystals and the improving quality of traditional mid-IR crystals. Moreover, these works have promoted the development of related technical applications.   This Special Issue of the journal Crystals focuses on the most recent advances in mid-IR laser crystals, from materials to laser sources and applications. It aims to bring together the latest developments in novel mid-IR crystals, improvements in the quality of mid-IR crystals, mid-IR non-linear crystals and mid-IR lasers, as well as the application of mid-IR technology in spectroscopy, trace gas detection and remote sensing, optical microscopy and biomedicine. Aspiring authors are encouraged to submit their latest original research, as well as forward-looking review papers, to this Special Issue.