The Poetry of Wright (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Jay Wright
- First Published: 1971
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: African Americans, Culture, History, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Mythology or myths, Music or musicians, Religion, New England, California, West, U.S., Spiritual life or spirituality, Southwest, Mexico or Mexicans, Aztecs, Conquest, Scotland or Scottish people
Jay Wright’s poetic ventures into the manifold layers of African American spiritual and intellectual history defy critical attempts at containing African American literature within paradigms of cultural nationalism and Afrocentricity. On the one hand, Wright has been celebrated as one of the most original and powerful voices in contemporary American poetry and has received prestigious awards throughout his career, including a Guggenheim Fellowship (1974), an American Academy Literature Award (1981), and a MacArthur Fellowship (1986). On the other, his refusal to follow Amiri Baraka...
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