The Poetry of Dudley Randall (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Dudley Randall
- First Published: 1966
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: African Americans, Civil rights, Racism, South or Southerners, Class consciousness, Poetry or poets, Ethnic relations, Violence, City life, Lower classes
Dudley Felker Randall, highly respected by several generations of African American writers, occupies a central position in the development of the “New Black Poetry.” As the founder of Broadside Press, Randall contributed an indispensable impetus to the Black Arts movement of the 1960’s and 1970’s. His poetry, written over a period of more than six decades, exhibits a wide range of influences, techniques, and subject matters.
Randall started writing poetry seriously when he was in high school, where he learned prosody from his teacher and from Henry Wells’s Poetic...
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