The Poetry of Jay Wright (Magill’s Choice: American Ethnic Writers)
At a glance:
- Author: Jay Wright
- First Published: 1967
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: African Americans, Philosophy or philosophers, Mythology or myths, South Africa or South Africans
The Work
In the early 1970’s, when many African Americans adopted such aspects of traditional African culture as wardrobe and hairstyle, Jay Wright chose to explore the complex mythologies of the West African Dogon and Bambara peoples. Early poems in The Homecoming Singer are often biographical, but later poetry, drawing upon Wright’s study of anthropological works, approaches these African cosmologies with the gravity that English-language poets previously have accorded to biblical and ancient classical sources. A full appreciation of The Double Invention of...
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