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First edition. |
| Description |
x, 295 pages ; 24 cm. |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Critical insights |
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Critical insights.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Author. On Maya Angelou / Mildred R. Mickle -- Biographical sketch: Maya Angelou / Mildred R. Mickle. Critical Contexts. Formalist criticism and the artistic merits of Maya Angelou's poetry / Robert C. Evans -- Literature review of the secondary sources on Maya Angelou's life and work / Martin Kich -- Spirituals and blues enclosed: a comparative analysis of Black folk forms in the poetry of Maya Angelou, Sterling Brown, and Langston Hughes / Mildred R. Mickle -- The censorship of Maya Angelou's work / Martin Kich. Critical Readings: Angelou's Prose. Paradoxical phrasing in the later autobiographies of Maya Angelou / Robert C. Evans -- Humor in the autobiographical writings of Maya Angelou: Maya meets Mr. Julian / Jason Shifferd -- Maya Angelou and Zora Neale Hurston as authors of autobiographies / Sarah Fredericks -- Angelou on Angelou: a survey of opinions expressed in interviews and conversations before 1989 / Christina M. Garner -- Further conversations with Maya Angelou: a survey of interviews from 1990 to 2014 / Kelley Jeans -- Ethos, Logos, and Pathos in Maya Angelou's essays / Stephen Paul Bray -- The rust on the razor that threatens the throat: Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings / Claudine Raynaud. Critical Readings: Angelou's Poetry. On the pulse of peace: Maya Angelou, a nation's poet / Tomeiko Ashford Carter -- The "Sea Never Dry": the theme of Africa in select poetry by Maya Angelou / Mildred R. Mickle -- Gender and the poetic ingenuity in the poems of Maya Angelou / Robert C. Evans. |
| Summary |
As an author, poet, actor, singer, dancer, civil rights activist, and more, Maya Angelou lived a life worthy of seven autobiographies. From a troubled childhood in St. Louis to her work with Martin Luther King, Jr. to her vast oeuvre of poetry and prose, this volume profiles one of the most prolific African American voices of the 20th century, highlighting her most famous work, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Each essay is 2,500 to 5,000 words in length, and all essays conclude with a list of "Works Cited," along with endnotes. Finally, the volume's appendixes offer a section of useful reference resources, including: a chronology of the author's life; a complete list of the author's works and their original dates of publication; a general bibliography; a detailed paragraph on the volume's editor; notes on the individual chapter authors; a subject index. (Publisher). |
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African American women poets -- History and criticism.
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African Americans in literature.
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Autobiography -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
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Angelou, Maya. (OCoLC)fst00008211
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African American women poets. (OCoLC)fst00799517
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African Americans in literature. (OCoLC)fst00799727
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Autobiography -- African American authors.
(OCoLC)fst00822598
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Themes, motives. (OCoLC)fst01355139
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| Added Author |
Mickle, Mildred R., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781682171127 (hardcover) |
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1682171124 (hardcover) |
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