An Invitation to Madison County (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jay Wright
- First Published: 1971
- Type of Work: Poem
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: African Americans, Tradition, South or Southerners, Rural or country life, Alienation, Poetry or poets, Mississippi, Identity
“An Invitation to Madison County” comes from The Homecoming Singer, Wright's second book of poetry. In many poems in this work, he portrays places he has lived or visited. He uses these autobiographical materials as springboards from which to launch his search for identity. “An Invitation to Madison County” relates his experiences in rural Mississippi when he toured the South on a fellowship in the 1960's.
When he first arrives, the poet feels alienated. At the end of the poem, however, he visualizes a common tradition as he begins to communicate with a rural...
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