Fettered Genius The African American Bardic Poet from Slavery to Civil Rights |
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| Author:
| Leonard, Keith D. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-2506-6 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2005 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $23.50USD $23.50 |
Book Description:
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Offers insight on the conservatism of Phillis Wheatley, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and the genteel members of the Harlem Renaissance, how their rage for assimilation functioned to refute racist notions of difference. This book illustrates nothing less than the defining artistic coherence and political significance of African American poetic tradition.
Offers insight on the conservatism of Phillis Wheatley, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and the genteel members of the Harlem Renaissance, how their rage for assimilation functioned to refute racist notions of difference. This book illustrates nothing less than the defining artistic coherence and political significance of African American poetic tradition.