LEADER 04243nam 22006135 450 001 9910798407403321 005 20210114155816.0 010 $a0-8135-7080-8 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813570808 035 $a(CKB)3710000000776344 035 $a(DE-B1597)526415 035 $a(OCoLC)954678702 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813570808 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4620082 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000776344 100 $a20190904d2016 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAphrodite's Daughters $eThree Modernist Poets of the Harlem Renaissance /$fMaureen Honey 210 1$aNew Brunswick, NJ :$cRutgers University Press,$d[2016] 210 4$d©2016 215 $a1 online resource $c21 photographs 311 $a0-8135-7079-4 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. The Lyric Poetry of Angelina Weld Grimké, Gwendolyn B. Bennett, and Mae V. Cowdery --$t2. Angelina Weld Grimké's Sapphic Temple of Desire --$t3. Harlem's Phoenix: Gwendolyn B. Bennett --$t4. Shattered Mirror: The Failed Promise of Mae V. Cowdery --$tEpilogue --$tAppendix A: List of Published Poetry --$tAppendix B: Selected List of Unpublished Poetry --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tFurther Reading --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aThe Harlem Renaissance was a watershed moment for racial uplift,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product of extensive archival research, Aphrodite's Daughters draws from Grimké, Bennett, and Cowdery's published and unpublished poetry, along with rare periodicals and biographical materials, to immerse us in the lives of these remarkable women and the world in which they lived.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. 606 $aAfrican American arts$zNew York (State)$zNew York$y20th century 606 $aAfrican American poets$y20th century 606 $aAfrican American women$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xIntellectual life 606 $aAmerican poetry$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican poetry$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican poetry$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHarlem Renaissance 606 $aModernism (Literature)$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aWomen poets, American$y20th century 615 0$aAfrican American arts 615 0$aAfrican American poets 615 0$aAfrican American women$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aAmerican poetry$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican poetry$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican poetry$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHarlem Renaissance. 615 0$aModernism (Literature) 615 0$aWomen poets, American 676 $a811.5209928708996073 700 $aHoney$b Maureen$01546021 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798407403321 996 $aAphrodite's Daughters$93801304 997 $aUNINA