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Modern Black American Poets And Dramatists
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Author : Harold Bloom
language : en
Publisher: Facts On File
Release Date : 1995
Modern Black American Poets And Dramatists written by Harold Bloom and has been published by Facts On File this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Alice Childress, Lucille Clifton, Owen Dodson, James A. Emanuel, Lorraine Hansberry, Robert Hayden
Contemporary Black American Poets And Dramatists
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Author : Harold Bloom
language : en
Publisher: Chelsea House Pub
Release Date : 1995
Contemporary Black American Poets And Dramatists written by Harold Bloom and has been published by Chelsea House Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Profiles fourteen writers
Contemporary Black American Poets And Dramatists
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Author : Harold Bloom
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback
Release Date : 1995-04
Contemporary Black American Poets And Dramatists written by Harold Bloom and has been published by Turtleback this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-04 with categories.
This volume provides biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on the fourteen most significant contemporary black American poets and dramatists, including Ed Bullins, Rita Dove, Nikki Giovanni, Audre Lorde, Thylias Moss, Ishmael Reed, and N
African American Dramatists
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Author : Emmanuel S. Nelson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2004-10-30
African American Dramatists written by Emmanuel S. Nelson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-10-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
Despite their significant contributions to the American theater, African American dramatists have received less critical attention than novelists and poets. This reference offers thorough critical assessments of the lives and works of African American playwrights from the 19th century to the present. The book alphabetically arranges entries on more than 60 dramatists, including James Baldwin, Arna Bontemps, Ossie Davis, Zora Neale Hurston, and Richard Wright. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a summary of the playwright's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies. The volume closes with a selected, general bibliography. African American dramatists have made enormous contributions to the theater and their works are included in numerous editions and anthologies. Some of the most popular plays of the 20th century have been written by African Americans, and high school students and undergraduates study their works. But for all their popularity and influence, African American playwrights have received less critical attention than poets and novelists. This reference offers thorough critical assessments of more than 60 African American dramatists from the 19th century to the present.
Research Guide To American Literature
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Author : John Cusatis
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Release Date : 2010
Research Guide To American Literature written by John Cusatis and has been published by Infobase Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Literary Criticism categories.
Covers American literature during the postwar period.
Modern Black Poets
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Author : Donald B. Gibson
language : en
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Release Date : 1973
Modern Black Poets written by Donald B. Gibson and has been published by Prentice Hall this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Literary Criticism categories.
Twelve critical essays sketch the tradition of black poets in the U. S. from the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's to the black rage of the 1970's. Separate critiques are devoted to the work of Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Melvin B. Tolson, Robert Hayden, and Imamu Amiri Baraka.
Contemporary African American Female Playwrights
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Author : Dana A. Williams
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 1998-06-30
Contemporary African American Female Playwrights written by Dana A. Williams and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-06-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun (1959) was a major dramatic success and brought to the world's attention the potential talent of African American women playwrights. But in spite of Hansberry's landmark contribution, both the theater and the literary world have often failed to include contemporary African American female playwrights within the circle of production, publication, and criticism. In African American drama anthologies, female playwrights are seldom given the degree of attention that is accorded their male counterparts. And because of space constraints, anthologies of works by women playwrights are forced to exclude numerous female dramatists, including African Americans. Meanwhile, some scholars have argued that the works of African American female playwrights are seldom produced in the mainstream theater because these plays frequently challenge the views of white America. But as A Raisin in the Sun demonstrates, plays by African American women dramatists can have a powerful message and are worthy of attention. A comprehensive research tool, this annotated bibliography sheds light on the often neglected works of contemporary African American female playwrights. Included within its scope are those dramatists who have had at least one work published since 1959, the year of Hansberry's monumental achievement. The first section provides a listing of anthologies that include one or more plays written by an African American female dramatist. The second gives entries for reference works and for scholarly and critical studies of the dramatists and their plays. The third presents a listing of published plays by individual dramatists, along with a summary of each drama; the works of each playwright that are related to drama; and secondary sources that treat the dramatists and their plays. Entries are accompanied by concise but informative annotations, and the volume closes with a list of periodicals that frequently publish criticism of African American female playwrights, a section of brief biographical sketches of the dramatists, and extensive indexes.
Contemporary Black Men S Fiction And Drama
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Author : Keith Clark
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2001
Contemporary Black Men S Fiction And Drama written by Keith Clark and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with African American men categories.
Demonstrating the extraordinary versatility of African-American men's writing since the 1970s, this forceful collection illustrates how African-American male novelists and playwrights have absorbed, challenged, and expanded the conventions of black American writing and, with it, black male identity. From the "John Henry Syndrome"--a definition of black masculinity based on brute strength or violence--to the submersion of black gay identity under equations of gay with white and black with straight, the African-American male in literature and drama has traditionally been characterized in ways that confine and silence him. Contemporary Black Men's Fiction and Drama identifies the forces that limit black male discourse, including traditions established by iconic African-American male authors such as James Baldwin, Richard Wright, and Ralph Ellison. This thoughtful volume also shows how contemporary black male authors use their narratives to put forward new ways of being and knowing that foster a more complete sense of self and more humane and open ways of communicating with and relating to others. In the work of Charles Johnson, Ernest Gaines, and August Wilson, contributors find paths toward broader, less rigid ideas of what black literature can be, what the connections among individual and communal resistance can be, and how black men can transcend the imprisoning models of hyper masculinity promoted by American culture. Seeking greater spiritual connection with the past, John Edgar Wideman returns to the folk rituals of his family, while Melvin Dixon and Brent Wade reclaim African roots and traditions. Ishmael Reed struggles with a contemporary cultural oppression that he sees as an insidious echo of slavery, while Clarence Major's experimental writing suggests how black men might reclaim their own voices in a culture that silences them. Taking in a wide range of critical, theoretical, cultural, gender, and sexual concerns, Contemporary Black Men's Fiction and Drama provides provocative new readings of a broad range of contemporary writers.
Black American Poets And Dramatists Of The Harlem Renaissance
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Author : Harold Bloom
language : en
Publisher: Chelsea House
Release Date : 1995
Black American Poets And Dramatists Of The Harlem Renaissance written by Harold Bloom and has been published by Chelsea House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with African Americans in literature categories.
Contains biographies and critical extracts of ten African-American poets and dramatists of the Harlem Renaissance.
Negro Poetry And Drama
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Author : Sterling a Brown
language : en
Publisher: Westphalia Press
Release Date : 2014-10-22
Negro Poetry And Drama written by Sterling a Brown and has been published by Westphalia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-22 with categories.
Commissioned by the great Alain Locke and edited by Sterling A. Brown, Negro Poetry and Drama was an essential tool in the African American adult education movement during the early twentieth century. The fight for civil rights was accompanied by a move to educate African Americans who were forcibly ignorant to the histories and contributions of those before them. By showcasing the various works and biographies of black writers, poets, playwrights, and dramatists, Negro Poetry uncovers and celebrates voices of the past, offering unique stories which had previously been marginalized or otherwise ignored within the American canon. Complete with the original discussion questions at the end of each chapter, this edition of Negro Poetry gives us a glimpse of the steps African Americans took to re-educate and reclaim their narratives in the fight towards equality. Whitney Shepard has a background in English and African American Studies, with an interest in critical race theory and social justice. She is currently the Director of Development and Programs at the Policy Studies Organization in Washington DC.