Al Young (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)
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In addition to his fiction, Al Young has produced nonfiction and numerous volumes of poetry, the first being Dancing (1969). His twin themes are the American family and individual maturation. Early in the twentieth century, Ezra Pound warned modern poets that music separated from dance will atrophy, as will poetry separated from music. Accordingly, Young’s love of the rhythms of life places music between poetry and dance. His second volume of poems is entitled The Song Turning Back into Itself (1971). Here, the singer of life confronts...
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Poetry of Young, The (African American Literature)Seduction by Light (African American Literature)Seduction by Light (Character Profiles)African American Long Fiction (Topical Overview--Long Fiction)African American Poetry (Topical Overview--Poetry)English and American Poetry in the Twentieth Century (Topical Overview--Poetry)Explicating Poetry (Topical Overview--Poetry)
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