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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971207603321

Autore

Ramey Lauri

Titolo

Slave Songs and the Birth of African American Poetry / / by L. Ramey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2008

ISBN

9786611915636

9781349536337

1349536334

9781281915634

1281915637

9780230610163

0230610161

Edizione

[1st ed. 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Disciplina

811.009/896073

Soggetti

Poetry

America - Literatures

Social history

Oral history

European literature - Renaissance, 1450-1600

Poetry and Poetics

North American Literature

Social History

Oral History

Early Modern and Renaissance Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The slave songs and the lyric poetry traditions -- The theology of the lyric tradition in the slave songs -- Image and substance in the slave songs -- Border crossing with the slave songs.

Sommario/riassunto

In this insightful and provocative volume, Rameyreveals spirituals and slave songs to be a crucial element in American literature. This book shows slave songs'intrinsic value as lyric poetry, sheds light on their



roots and originality, anddraws new conclusions on anart form long considereda touchstone of cultural imagination.