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And bid him sing : a biography of Countée Cullen / Charles Molesworth

Catalog Data

Author:
Molesworth, Charles 1941-  Search this
Subject:
Cullen, Countee 1903-1946  Search this
Physical description:
x, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Date:
2012
20th century
Contents:
Persons and places, 1903-1922 -- Higher education, 1922-1925 -- The Renaissance and its issues, 1926-1927 -- Europe and the widening circle, 1928-1930 -- Remakings, 1930-1935 -- Codas and finales, 1936-1946
Summary:
"While competing with Langston Hughes for the title of 'poet laureate of Harlem, ' Countee Cullen (1903-1946) crafted poems that became touchstones for American readers, both black and white. Inspired by classic themes and working within traditional forms, Cullen shaped his poetry to address universal questions like love, death, longing, and loss while also dealing with the issues of race and idealism that permeated the national conversation. Drawing on the poet's unpublished correspondence with contemporaries and friends like Hughes, Claude McKay, Carl Van Vechten, Dorothy West, Charles S. Johnson, and Alain Locke, and presenting a unique interpretation of his poetic gifts, And bid him sing is the first full-length critical biography of this famous American writer."--Jacket.
Topic:
African American poets  Search this
Harlem Renaissance  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1005602