04243nam 22006135 450 991079840740332120210114155816.00-8135-7080-810.36019/9780813570808(CKB)3710000000776344(DE-B1597)526415(OCoLC)954678702(DE-B1597)9780813570808(MiAaPQ)EBC4620082(EXLCZ)99371000000077634420190904d2016 fg engur||#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAphrodite's Daughters Three Modernist Poets of the Harlem Renaissance /Maureen HoneyNew Brunswick, NJ :Rutgers University Press,[2016]©20161 online resource 21 photographs0-8135-7079-4 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The Failed Promise of Mae V. Cowdery --Epilogue --Appendix A: List of Published Poetry --Appendix B: Selected List of Unpublished Poetry --Notes --Bibliography --Further Reading --Index --About the AuthorThe Harlem Renaissance was a watershed moment for racial uplift, poetic innovation,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product of extensive archival research, Aphrodite's Daughters draws from Grimké, Bennett, and Cowdery's published and unpublished poetry, along with rare periodicals and biographical materials, to immerse us in the lives of these remarkable women and the world in which they lived.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.African American artsNew York (State)New York20th centuryAfrican American poets20th centuryAfrican American womenNew York (State)New YorkIntellectual lifeAmerican poetryAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismAmerican poetryWomen authorsHistory and criticismAmerican poetryNew York (State)New YorkAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismHarlem RenaissanceModernism (Literature)New York (State)New YorkWomen poets, American20th centuryAfrican American artsAfrican American poetsAfrican American womenIntellectual life.American poetryAfrican American authorsHistory and criticism.American poetryWomen authorsHistory and criticism.American poetryAfrican American authorsHistory and criticism.Harlem Renaissance.Modernism (Literature)Women poets, American811.5209928708996073Honey Maureen1546021DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910798407403321Aphrodite's Daughters3801304UNINA