The Book of American Negro Poetry, Paperback - James Weldon Johnson

The Book of American Negro Poetry By James Weldon Johnson

Reducere. DescriptionIn two elegant and masterly prefaces, James Weldon Johnson discusses the origin and history of more than 120 of the most significant spi...

Reducere. In this classic work, first published in 1930, James Weldon Johnson, one of the leading lights of the Harlem Renaissance, combined the skills of th...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: James Weldon JohnsonFirst published anonymously in 1912, "The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man" is James Weldon's Johnson...

One of the most prominent African-Americans of his time, James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) was a successful lawyer, educator, social reformer, songw...

An unusually rich selection of "Backgrounds and Sources" focuses on Johnson's life; the autobiographical inspirations for The Autobiography of an E...

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Reducere. With 200, 000 copies in print, this anthology has for decades been seen as a fundamental collection of African-American verse. Bontemps (1902-73), ...

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A compellingly powerful novel about racial relations that is as relevant now as it was one hundred years ago.Publisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): Jam...

The Beautiful Poetry of Boris Johnson.What if there's a hidden dimension to Boris Johnson; a sensitive, poetic side? He took on the role of the pri...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: David LehmanForeword by: Robert PinskyRobert Pinsky, distinguished poet and man of letters, selects the top 100 poems from ...

Includes twenty-one short stories from some of the best American writers over the last two hundred years that provide a multi-faceted portrait of a...

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Presents an anthology of Irish American poetry. This book collects the work of over two hundred Irish American poets, as well as other American poe...

Reducere. The 2021 edition of the leading collection of contemporary American poetry is guest edited by the former US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, providing...

Rural West Cork, Ireland, mid-1970's. Two Kids and their struggling, poet father are battling grief and poverty. A glimmer of hope in far away Dubl...

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The Cambridge History of American Poetry offers a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their beginnings ...

Reducere. Originally released in 1933, "The Mis-Education of the Negro" continues to resonate today, raising questions that readers are still trying to answe...

James Weldon Johnson exemplified the ideal of the American public intellectual as a writer, educator, songwriter, diplomat, and first African Ameri...

A solid collection of prose poems written by some of the best American practitioners of the genre. It also provides a good way of looking at the pr...

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William Hannibal Thomas served with distinction in the US Colored Troops in the Civil War and was a preacher, teacher, lawyer, state legislator, an...

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In 1603, James Stewart became also king of England and Ireland, and a great deal of excellent poetry was composed by Scottish writers during his re...

Reducere. The Book of Questions, of which volumes IV, V, VI are together published here, is a meditative narrative of Jewish Experience, and, more generally,...