A Black Arts Poetry Machine - Amiri Baraka and the Umbra Poets

A vital hub of poetry readings, performance, publications and radical politics in 1960s New York, the Umbra Workshop was a cornerstone of the African American avant-garde.Bringing together new archival research and detailed close readings of poetry, is a groundbreaking study of this important but neglected group of poets. David Grundy explores the work of such poets as Amiri Baraka, Lorenzo Thomas and Calvin Hernton and how their innovative poetic forms engaged with radical political responses to state violence and urban insurrection. Through this examination, the book highlights the continuing relevance of the work of the Umbra Workshop today and is essential reading for anyone interested in 20th-century American poetry.>

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Grundy, David (University of Cambridge Grundy, David (University of Cambridge UK) Grundy, Daniel (University of Warwick) Katz
• Con la collaborazione di: Daniel Katz (Editore), Daniel (University of Warwick) Katz (Editore)
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781350061965
• ISBN: 978-1-350-06196-5
• Pagine: 280
• Serie: Bloomsbury Studies in Critical; Bloomsbury Studies in Critical Poetics; Bloomsbury Studies in Critical Poetics; Bloomsbury Studies in Critical
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; Ethnic Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity