Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780810142381
Publisert
2020-07-30
Utgiver
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Northwestern University Press
Vekt
437 gr
Høyde
226 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Engelsk
Format
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Heftet
Antall sider
336
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Sterling A. Brown (1901-1989) was one of the most important and influential figures in the development of African-American literature and criticism in the twentieth century. Born in Washington, D.C., he became not only a poet but a folklorist, anthologist, critic, and reviewer. Brown was a professor at Howard University for forty years.Michael S. Harper (1938-2016) was a celebrated poet and professor. The first poet laureate of Rhode Island, he taught at Brown University from 1970 to 2013.
Cornelius Eady is the author of numerous books of poetry, including Hardheaded Weather and The Gathering of My Name. He is the co-founder of Cave Canem.
Sterling Brown's poetry should be in print in perpetuity. Its meanings, legends, melodies, and mythologies could only have been shaped by a Black American throat. Sterling Brown's poems have the power of revival music, the declaration of great oratory, and the sonorous crooning of a young man in love." - Maya Angelou
Sterling A. Brown was renowned for his prolific poetry and scholarship on African American folklife. A contemporary of Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, and Jean Toomer and the first poet laureate of the District of Columbia, Brown gained acclaim for blues, jazz, and southern folklore. His celebrated works, including Southern Road, are collages of narrative and dialect unique to Brown's unflinching poetic voice.
Edited by the late distinguished poet Michael S. Harper, this new edition includes a foreword by award-winning poet Cornelius Eady and introductory texts by James Weldon Johnson and Sterling Stuckey. The result is a tour de force by one of the most distinctive poets in American letters.
Edited by the late distinguished poet Michael S. Harper, this new edition includes a foreword by award-winning poet Cornelius Eady and introductory texts by James Weldon Johnson and Sterling Stuckey. The result is a tour de force by one of the most distinctive poets in American letters.
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Sterling A. Brown was renowned for his prolific poetry and scholarship on African American folklife. Edited by the late distinguished poet Michael Harper, this new edition of his collected poems includes a foreword by award-winning poet Cornelius Eady and introductory texts by James Weldon Johnson and Sterling Stuckey.
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- Foreword by Cornelius Eady
- Preface by Michael S. Harper
- Southern Road
- Introduction by Sterling Stuckey
- Introduction to the first edition by James Weldon Johnson
- Part One: ROAD SO ROCKY
- Odyssey of Big Boy
- Long Gone
- Maumee Ruth
- When de Saints Go Ma'ching Home
- Dark of the Moon
- Seeking Religion
- Georgie Grimes
- Scotty Has His Say
- Ruminations of Luke Johnson
- Virginia Portrait
- Old Man Buzzard
- Johnny Thomas
- Frankie and Johnny
- Sam Smiley
- To Sallie, Walking
- Bessie
- Kentucky Blues
- Mister Samuel and Sam
- Southern Road
- Sister Lou
- Strong Men
- Part Two: ON RESTLESS RIVER
- Memphis Blues
- Ma Rainey
- Old King Cotton
- Children of the Mississippi
- New St. Louis Blues
- Foreclosure
- Checkers
- Mose
- After Winter
- Pardners
- Slim Greer
- Slim Lands a Job?
- Slim in Atlanta
- Slim Hears "The Call"
- Slim in Hell
- New Steps
- Convict
- Strange Legacies
- Revelations
- Riverbank Blues
- Part Three: TIN ROOF BLUES
- Tin Roof Blues
- Effie
- Children's Children
- Mecca
- Chillen Get Shoes
- Funeral
- Harlem Street Walkers
- Sporting Beasley
- Cabaret
- Part Four: VESTIGES
- Salutamus
- To a Certain Lady, in Her Garden
- Challenge
- Telling Fortunes
- Rain
- Return
- Nous n'irons plus au bois . . .
- Thoughts of Death
- Against That Day
- Mill Mountain
- The Last Ride of Wild Bill
- The Last Ride of Wild Bill
- He Was a Man
- Elder Mistletoe
- Crispus Attucks McKoy
- A Bad, Bad Man
- Break of Day
- Rent Day Blues
- The Ballad of Joe Meek
- No Hiding Place
- Part One: HARLEM STOPOVER
- Harlem Happiness
- Negro Improvement League
- The Temple
- Roberta Lee
- Real mammy Song
- The Law for George
- The New Congo
- Part Two: THE COTTON SOUTH
- Arkansas Chant
- The Young Ones
- Old Lem
- Sharecroppers
- Master and Man
- Part Three: DOWN IN ATLANTA
- Southern Cop
- Mr. Danny
- An Old Woman Remembers
- Transfer
- Episode
- All Are Gay
- Part Four: "ROCKS CRIED OUT"
- Legend
- Bitter Fruit of the Tree
- Memo: For the Race Orators
- Crossing
- Call for Barnum
- Song of Triumph
- Remembering Nat Turner
- Part Five: ROAD TO THE LEFT
- Raise a Song
- Colloquy
- Street Car Gang
- Side by Side
- Part Six: FRILOT COVE
- Let Us Suppose
- Cloteel
- Parish Doctor
- Uncle Joe
- Louisiana Pastoral
- Part Seven: WASHINGTON, D.C.
- Glory, Glory
- Choices
- No More Worlds to Conquer
- Call Boy
- Puttin' on Dog
- Part Eight: REMEMBRANCES
- April in Coolwell
- Coolwell Vignette
- Honey Mah Love
- Memories of Salem
- Idyll
- One Way of Taking Leave
- Isaiah to Mandy
- Conjured
- Long Track Blues
- An Annotated Bibliography by Robert G. O'Meally
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780810142381
Publisert
2020-07-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Northwestern University Press
Vekt
437 gr
Høyde
226 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
336
Redaktør
Forfatter
Biografisk notat
Sterling A. Brown (1901-1989) was one of the most important and influential figures in the development of African-American literature and criticism in the twentieth century. Born in Washington, D.C., he became not only a poet but a folklorist, anthologist, critic, and reviewer. Brown was a professor at Howard University for forty years.Michael S. Harper (1938-2016) was a celebrated poet and professor. The first poet laureate of Rhode Island, he taught at Brown University from 1970 to 2013.
Cornelius Eady is the author of numerous books of poetry, including Hardheaded Weather and The Gathering of My Name. He is the co-founder of Cave Canem.