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The Afro-Modernist Epic and Literary History
Kathy Lou Schultz
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Description for The Afro-Modernist Epic and Literary History
Hardcover. Analyzing the poets Melvin B. Tolson, Langston Hughes, and Amiri Baraka, this study charts the Afro-Modernist epic. Within the context of Classical epic traditions, early 20th-century American modernist long poems, and the griot traditions of West Africa, Schultz reveals diasporic consciousness in the representation of African American identities. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 219 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
Analyzing the poets Melvin B. Tolson, Langston Hughes, and Amiri Baraka, this study charts the Afro-Modernist epic. Within the context of Classical epic traditions, early 20th-century American modernist long poems, and the griot traditions of West Africa, Schultz reveals diasporic consciousness in the representation of African American identities.
Analyzing the poets Melvin B. Tolson, Langston Hughes, and Amiri Baraka, this study charts the Afro-Modernist epic. Within the context of Classical epic traditions, early 20th-century American modernist long poems, and the griot traditions of West Africa, Schultz reveals diasporic consciousness in the representation of African American identities.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
Series
Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230338739
SKU
V9780230338739
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About Kathy Lou Schultz
Kathy Lou Schultz is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Memphis, USA where she directs the Honors Program.
Reviews for The Afro-Modernist Epic and Literary History
“Kathy Lou Schultz’s The Afro-Modernist Epic and Literary History: Tolson, Hughes, Baraka is a useful contribution to scholarship on the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance, with an extended chapter concluding the study on Amiri Baraka.” (A Year's Work in English Studies, 2015)