The Forerunners: Black Poets in America

The Forerunners: Black Poets in America
ISBN-10
0882580930
ISBN-13
9780882580937
Category
Literary Criticism / General
Pages
127
Language
English
Published
1981
Publisher
Howard University Press
Authors
Woodie King, Addison Gayle, Dudley Randall

Description

The sixteen black poets included in this anthology form a bridge between the creative optimists of the Renaissance years and the poetic activists of the sixties and seventies. Woodie King, Jr., the editor of this volume, has collected works by poets who moved beyond a poetry of reaction to a poetry that found its resolutions and meanings in black history. There is poetry of Africa, joy, protest, resignation, America. It is poetry that looks to the past as well as to the future. The personal statements from the poets about the future -- for poetry and for themselves as imaginative synthesizers of the craft -- make this anthology unique. -- From publisher's description.

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