- Category: Books » Poetry » American - African American
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- Publisher: University of Georgia Press
- Number of Pages: 432
- ISBN: 0820332771
- WAPI (Tower ID): 113516910
- Release Date: December 1, 2009
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #2601 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #10 in Poetry (See Top 100 Poetry Bestsellers)
- #1 in American - African American (See Top 100 American - African American Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry" by Camille T. Dungy to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry"Browse more products related to "Camille T. Dungy"Publisher's note"Black Nature" is the first anthology to focus on nature writing by African American poets, a genre that until now has not commonly been counted as one in which African American poets have participated. Black poets have a long tradition of incorporating treatments of the natural world into their work, but it is often read as political, historical, or protest poetry--anything but nature poetry. This is particularly true when the definition of what constitutes nature writing is limited to work about the pastoral or the wild. Camille T. Dungy has selected 180 poems from 93 poets that provide unique perspectives on American social and literary history to broaden our concept of nature poetry and African American poetics. This collection features major writers such as Phillis Wheatley, Rita Dove, Yusef Komunyakaa, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sterling Brown, Robert Hayden, Wanda Coleman, Natasha Trethewey, and Melvin B. Tolson as well as newer talents such as Douglas Kearney, Major Jackson, and Janice Harrington. Included are poets writing out of slavery, Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, and late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century African American poetic movements. "Black Nature" brings to the fore a neglected and vital means of considering poetry by African Americans and nature-related poetry as a whole. If You Enjoy "Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry (Book)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry (Book)" by Camille T. Dungy (Editor)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! American - African American Bestsellers
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