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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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
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