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Jazz Poems
Kevin Young
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Description for Jazz Poems
Hardcover. Ever since its first flowering in the 1920s, jazz has had an influence on American poetry, and this anthology offers a collection of jazz poems. From the Harlem Renaissance to the Beat Movement, from the poets of the New York School to the contemporary poetry scene, the jazz aesthetic has been a literary force. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets S. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 115 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
Ever since its first flowering in the 1920s, jazz has had a powerful influence on American poetry, and this anthology offers a treasury of poems as varied and vital as the music that inspired them. From the Harlem Renaissance to the Beat Movement, from the poets of the New York School to the contemporary poetry scene, the jazz aesthetic has been a compelling literary force. We hear it the poems of Langston Hughes, e.e. cummings, William Carlos Williams, Frank O'Hara and Gwendolyn Brooks, and in those of Yusef Komunyaka, Charles Simic, Rita Dove, Ntozake Shange, Mark Doty ... Read more
Ever since its first flowering in the 1920s, jazz has had a powerful influence on American poetry, and this anthology offers a treasury of poems as varied and vital as the music that inspired them. From the Harlem Renaissance to the Beat Movement, from the poets of the New York School to the contemporary poetry scene, the jazz aesthetic has been a compelling literary force. We hear it the poems of Langston Hughes, e.e. cummings, William Carlos Williams, Frank O'Hara and Gwendolyn Brooks, and in those of Yusef Komunyaka, Charles Simic, Rita Dove, Ntozake Shange, Mark Doty ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Series
Everyman's Library Pocket Poets S.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841597546
SKU
V9781841597546
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About Kevin Young
Lucy Young has a Cordon Bleu training and has worked with Mary Berry for 14 years, helping to produce Mary's recipe books and teaching at her very popular Aga workshops. She was the home economist on Mary Berry's two most recent television series. She has often been heard on BBC radio, talking about her work with Mary Berry.
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