Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
This work attempts to provide the first index devoted solely to black poetry. The volume overwhelmingly concerns itself with black poetry in the United States. Ninety-four books and pamphlets by individual poets are indexed as well as thirty-three anthologies. Building on the earlier work of Dorothy Porter, this index undertakes to bring into one volume for the first time a complete reference of black poems and poets. Black poetry here is defined in the broadest manner, rather than in the more exact sense scholars have more recently employed. References are included for the work not only of black poets but also of those poets who have in some way dealt with the black experience or written within the black tradition, regardless of social origins. It includes Blake's "Little Black Boy" as well as Dunbar's "Little Brown Baby," and as such is a broadly defined poetic reference of black subject matter, styles and authors. One asterisk next to an entry indicates a non-black author. There are three major sections: The Title and First Line index, the Author Index and the Subject Index. Arrangement is alphabetical throughout. Narrowing the search for needed poems is an enormous help for the scholar or other interested reader. This index may also aid the individual inquired to assess the comparative usefulness of the increasing number of anthologies of black writers. The Index, particularly the Subject Index affords a broad perspective of the themes which have absorbed black poets over the centuries, from the eighteenth century to the sixties ad early seventies.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Subjects
African Americans, African Americans in literature, American poetry, Black authors, Blacks in literature, Indexes, Intellectual life, Poetry, African American authors, American poetry, african american authors, African americans, intellectual life, African americans in literature, Poetry, black authors, Black people, Afro-American authorsEdition | Availability |
---|---|
1 |
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?History
- Created April 1, 2008
- 11 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
December 12, 2023 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
December 11, 2022 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
December 3, 2022 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
September 18, 2022 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | Imported from Scriblio MARC record |