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Dark symphony and other works

by Carla Kaplan
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Overview

Dark Symphony (1942), the autobiography of Catholic-convert Elizabeth Laura Adams (1909-?), has as its central motif the author's search for spiritual peace while faced, to a certain degree, with racial discrimination. Also included in this volume are several of Adams's stories, articles, and poems, and draft excerpts from her autobiography as published in the Catholic journal The Torch.

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The series, a sequel to the 40-volume "Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers", brings back into print writers who otherwise would be unknown to contemporary readers, and makes available lesser-known texts by established writers. "Dark Symphony" (1942) is the autobiography of Catholic-convert Adams (1909-?); also included is an extensive introduction and several of Adams's stories, articles, and poems, and draft excerpts from her autobiography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Book Details

Published
January 10, 1997
Publisher
New York : G.K. Hall ; c1997.
Pages
282
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780783814292

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