Necessary Past

Necessary Past

Revising History in Contemporary African American Poetry

Debo, Annette

Northwestern University Press

05/2024

208

Mole

9780810146877

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Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction The Contemporary Wave of Historical Poetry
Chapter 1 Praising the Seers: Celebrating the Historical Influence of Robert Hayden, Michael S. Harper, and Rita Dove
Chapter 2 Digging Up the Past: Elizabeth Alexander's The Venus Hottentot
Chapter 3 Tending the Graves: Natasha Trethewey's Native Guard
Chapter 4 Achieving the Extraordinary: A. Van Jordan's M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A
Chapter 5 Sampling History: Kevin Young's To Repel Ghosts: The Remix
Chapter 6 Reconciling the Past: Frank X Walker's Turn Me Loose
Chapter 7 Excavating Captive Lives: Camille T. Dungy's Suck on the Marrow
Conclusion The Historical Impulse, the Zeitgeist of a Generation
Notes
Bibliography
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Poetry; African American; Black; contemporary; historical poem; twenty-first century poetry; American history; postcolonial; Elizabeth Alexander; Venus Hottentot; Natasha Trethewey; Native Guard; A. Van Jordan; MACNOLIA; Kevin Young; To Repel Ghosts: The Remix; Frank X Walker; Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers; Camille Dungy; Suck on the Marrow; Robert Hayden; Michael S. Harper; Rita Dove