Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry and the Heroic Voice
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Overview
This comprehensive biocritical study traces the development of Brooks's poetry over four decades, from such early works as "A Street in Bronzeville" and the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Annie Allen" to the more recent "In the Mecca", "Riot", and "To Disembark". Lightning Print On Demand TitleSynopsis
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From the Publisher
"Melhem is delightfully militant about becoming the critic needed for a poet who 'is our multiethnic, multiracial American artistic heritage.' We require such critics as we need such poets; Melhem's work points Americanist literary scholarship in a direction it must go." -- American Literature
"The first comprehensive study of the poet." -- Brooklyn Daily Eagle
"Melhem, in authenticating Brooks as a 'major' poet, achieves indeed a resource needed now." -- Choice
"Thanks for pulling me into History.... Bravo!" -- Gwendolyn Brooks
"A highly needed examination of themes and techniques of all of Brook's works.... A valuable contribution to the Brooks scholarship." -- Journal of Modern Literature
"Will help bring Brooks the wide attention and appreciation that she has earned. Highly recommended." -- Library Journal
"Timely, enjoyable, and useful.... Finely arranged and executed." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch