| American Negro Poetry: An Anthology Rev Edition Contributor(s): Bontemps, Arna Wendell (Author), Bontemps, Arna (Editor), Bontemps, Arna (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0809015641 ISBN-13: 9780809015641 Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl OUR PRICE: $20.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1995 Annotation: With 200,000 copies in print, this anthology has for decades been seen as a fundamental collection of African-American verse. Bontemps (1902-73), an important figure during and after the Harlem Renaissance, author of more than 25 novels, and longtime librarian at Fisk University, last revised this classic anthology just before his death, adding such crucial new voices as Audre Lorde, Nikki Giovanni, and Bob Kaufman, among others. This edition, issued in 1996, reprints the poems in Bontemps's revised volume along with updated biographical notes. Nearly seventy poets are represented, their works indexed by both author and title. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
| Dewey: 811.508 |
| LCCN: 72095044 |
| Series: American Century |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.70 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With 200,000 copies in print, this anthology has for decades been seen as a fundamental collection of African-American verse. Bontemps (1902-73), an important figure during and after the Harlem Renaissance, author of more than 25 novels, and longtime librarian at Fisk University, last revised this classic anthology just before his death, adding such crucial new voices as Audre Lorde, Nikki Giovanni, and Bob Kaufman, among others. This edition, issued in 1996, reprints the poems in Bontemps's revised volume along with updated biographical notes. Nearly seventy poets are represented, their works indexed by both author and title. |