Horton, George Moses | Further Reading
FURTHER READING
BIOGRAPHY
Brabham, Robin. “To the Tip-Top Belles' of Mecklenburg County: Two Acrostics by George Moses Horton.” CLA Journal XXX, No. 4 (June 1987): 454-60.
Discusses two acrostics by Horton recovered from the Torrance and Banks family papers in North Carolina.
Brawley, Benjamin. “Three Negro Poets: Horton, Mrs. Harper, and Whitman.” The Journal of Negro History 2, No. 4 (October 1917): 384-92.
Very brief review of the work of three black poets.
Jackson, Blyden. “George Moses Horton, North Carolinian.” The North Carolina Historical Review LIII, No. 2 (April 1976): 140-47.
Brief biography of Horton with some critical commentary on his poetry.
Reeves, William J. “The Significance of Audience in Black Poetry.” Negro American Literature Forum 9, No. 1 (Spring 1975): 30-32.
Uses three examples of black poetry—including “On...
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