The Afro-Modernist Epic and Literary History
Tolson, Hughes, Baraka
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
| Author: | K. Schultz | ISBN: | 9781137082428 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | November 19, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | K. Schultz |
| ISBN: | 9781137082428 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | November 19, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
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.
