New Red Negro - The Literary Left and African American Poetry, 1930-1946

Zusatztext Smethurst fills a gap in the study of African American literature....Extensive notes on the text and bibliography provide insight into Smethurst's sources and analysis and provide a basis for further scholarly examination of the period and its issues. Klappentext The New Red Negro: The Literary Left and African American Poetry, 1930-1946 surveys African American poetry between the onset of the Depression and the early days of the Cold War. The New Red Negro considers the relationship between the thematic and formal choices of African American poets and organized ideology from the "proletarian" early 1930s to the "neo-modernist" late 1940s. This study examines poetry by writers who are canonical, less well-known, and virtually unknown. Zusammenfassung This text surveys African American poetry between the onset of the Depression and the early days of the Cold War. It considers the relationship between the thematic and formal choices of African American poets, and organized ideology from "proletarian" early 1930s to the "neo-modernist" late 1940s.

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• Autori: James E. Smethurst, James Edward Smethurst, James Edward (Assistant Professor of En Smethurst, James Edward (Assistant Professor of English and Foreign Languages Smethurst, Smethurst James Edward
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 06.05.1999
• EAN: 9780195120547
• ISBN: 978-0-19-512054-7
• Pagine: 304
• Serie: Race and American Culture; Race and American Culture
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; USA, Ethnic Studies, POETRY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, American English, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Poetry by individual poets, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Black & Asian Studies, Literary studies: poetry and poets, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General