The Poetry of Hayden (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Asa Bundy Sheffey
- First Published: 1940
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: African Americans, Segregation or integration, Freedom, History, Child rearing or parenting, Parents and children, Politics, Revolutionaries, South or Southerners, Slavery or slaves, Music or musicians, Protests or demonstrations, Art or artists, Middle Passage, Poetry or poets, Spiritual life or spirituality, Child abuse, Violence, Pain, Gospel music, Heroes or heroism
On February 24, 1980, the day before Robert Hayden died at the age of sixty-six, the Center for African American and African Studies at the University of Michigan, where Hayden had taught since 1969, sponsored a daylong tribute to Hayden. The occasion served to celebrate Hayden’s accomplishment as a poet and his integrity as a man. The ascendancy of Hayden’s critical reputation signified by that occasion has continued, and Robert Hayden is recognized as one of the significant American poets of his generation. The quantity of his work is not great; his Collected Poems,...
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