Complete Poems of Frances E.W. Harper - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Maryemma GrahamSeries:Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women WritersPublish date:1988-04-14Pages:304
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780195052442ISBN-10:195052447UPC:9780195052442Book Category:Literary Criticism, Poetry, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Poetry, AmericanSize:8.77 x 5.83 x 0.92 inchesWeight:1.0604Product ID:SCXNV6EDNG
Frances Harper was renowned in her lifetime not only as an activist who rallied on behalf of blacks, women, and the poor, but as a pioneer of the tradition of 'protest' literature, whose immense popularity did much to develop an audience for poetry in America. This collection of her poems is drawn from ten volumes published between 1854 and 1901. Their main issues are oppression, Christianity, and social and moral reform. Consolidating the oral tradition and the ballad form, and merging dramatic details and imagery with a strong political and racial awareness, Harper's poetry represented a distinctly Afro-American discourse that was to inspire generations of black writers.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780195052442ISBN-10:195052447UPC:9780195052442Book Category:Literary Criticism, Poetry, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Poetry, AmericanSize:8.77 x 5.83 x 0.92 inchesWeight:1.0604Product ID:SCXNV6EDNG
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