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Anthems, Sonnets, and Chants : Recovering the African American Poetry of the 1930s /

"Anthems, Sonnets, and Chants: Recovering the African American Poetry of the 1930s, by Jon Woodson, uses social philology to unveil social discourse, self fashioning, and debates in poems gathered from anthologies, magazines, newspapers, and individual collections. The first chapter examines th...

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Main Author: Woodson, Jon (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2011]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sonnets, American.
Racism in literature.
Political poetry, American.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Existentialism in literature.
Depressions.
American poetry > African American authors.
African Americans > Intellectual life.
Noirs americains > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siecle.
Poesie americaine > Auteurs noirs americains > Histoire et critique.
Crises economiques > 1929 > États-Unis.
Existentialisme dans la litterature.
Racisme dans la litterature.
Guerre italo-ethiopienne, 1935-1936 > Influence.
African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Depressions > 1929 > United States.
Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936 > Influence.
Sonnets, American > 20th century > History and criticism.
Political poetry, American > 20th century > History and criticism.
American poetry > African American authors > History and criticism.
United States.
Critiques litteraires.
Literary criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • The crash of 1929 and the Great Depression : three long poems
  • Existential crisis : the sonnet and self-fashioning in the Black poetry of the 1930s
  • "Race war" : African American poetry on the Italo-Ethiopian war
  • Concluding note.

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