African-American Poets: Phillis Wheatley Through Melvin B. Tolson (Bloom's Modern Critical Views)

This volume focuses on the principal African-American poets from colonial times through the Harlem Renaissance, paying tribute to a heritage that has long been overlooked. Works covered in this text include poems by Phillis Wheatley, widely recognized as the first volume of poetry published by an African American, as well as the work of Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Countee Cullen, Melvin Beaunorus Tolson.This title, African-American Poets: Volume I, part of Chelsea House Publishers Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of African-American Poets: Volume I through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on African-American Poets: Volume I, a chronology of the authors life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.
Author: Bloom, Harold

Publisher: Chelsea House Pub

Binding: Hardcover

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0791063321

ISBN-13: 9780791063323