Black Moods: Collected Poems
Black Moods collects for the first time all of Frank Marshall Davis’s extant published poems as well as his previously unpublished work. From sharp-edged sketches of Southside Chicago’s urban landscape to the prismatic world that lay beneath Hawaii’s placid surface, Davis’s muscular poems blend social, cultural, and political concernsalways shaped by his promise to “try to be as direct as good blues.”
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John Edgar Tidwell’s introduction examines both Davis’s poetry and his politics, presenting a subtle portrait of a complex writer devoted to exposing discriminatory practices and reaffirming the humanity of the common people.
Black Moods: Collected Poems
Black Moods collects for the first time all of Frank Marshall Davis’s extant published poems as well as his previously unpublished work. From sharp-edged sketches of Southside Chicago’s urban landscape to the prismatic world that lay beneath Hawaii’s placid surface, Davis’s muscular poems blend social, cultural, and political concernsalways shaped by his promise to “try to be as direct as good blues.”
John Edgar Tidwell’s introduction examines both Davis’s poetry and his politics, presenting a subtle portrait of a complex writer devoted to exposing discriminatory practices and reaffirming the humanity of the common people.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780252074684 |
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Publisher: | University of Illinois Press |
Publication date: | 05/29/2007 |
Series: | American Poetry Recovery Series |
Pages: | 352 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.80(d) |
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