Isbn: 9780813108278 - a life of gwendolyn brooks (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers.

Zustand: Very Good. Reissue. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Zustand: FINE. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. BrooksÕ development as a poet from childhood to 1978. Written by Kent, a literature professor who spent over 10 years interviewing Brooks and her family. Published after KentÕs death with an afterword by D.H. Melham outlining BrooksÕ career to 1988. 264pp plus notes, index. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. …

paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

Zustand: New. The study reveals intimate acquaintance with the Harlem Renaissance, with the Chicago literary scene and its leading figures from the thirties on, with historical developments in black culture and consciousness, and with the significant figures and activiti.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is the first full-scale biography of Gwendolyn Brooks, one of America's major poets. George E. Kent, a longtime friend and literary associate of the poet in Chicago, was given exclusive access to Brooks' early not Elektronisches Buch, which she kept from the age of seven. Kent also interviewed Brooks, her mother, and other family members in Chicago and elsewhere. He scoured records and correspondence with her publishers, editors, and agent. He participated in the poet's literary enterprises and in her wide circle of literary and family friends. The study reveals intimate acquaintance with the Harlem Renaissance, with the Chicago literary scene and its leading figures from the thirties on, with historical developments in black culture and consciousness, and with the significant figures and activities that impressed the poet's life and art. It places Brooks' work in the context of the civil rights movement, the black arts movement, and black nationalism. Gwendolyn Brooks won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1950 for Annie Allen and is today widely recognized as one of the nation's leading poets, yet her work has received less than its due from mainstream critics. Kent's authoritative book has been one step in correcting that neglect.…