Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 287 pages)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0813116597
,
0813148731
,
9780813116594
,
9780813148731
Inhalt:
This is the first full-scale biography of Gwendolyn Brooks, one of America's major poets. George E. Kent, a longtime friend and literary associate of the poet in Chicago, was given exclusive access to Brooks' early notebooks, which she kept from the age of seven. Kent also interviewed Brooks, her mother, and other family members in Chicago and elsewhere. He scoured records and correspondence with her publishers, editors, and agent. He participated in the poet's literary enterprises and in her wide circle of literary and family friends. The study reveals intimate acquaintance with the Harlem Re
Inhalt:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; 1. Beginnings; 2. Into the Morrow; 3. Struggles, Triumphs; 4. Bright Waters; 5. A Complicated Universe; 6. Reachings; 7. Foreshadowings; 8. Changes; 9. Recognized in Her Country; 10. Brave New World; Afterword; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-274) and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0813116597
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Kent, George E., 1920-1982 Life of Gwendolyn Brooks Lexington, Ky : University Press of Kentucky, ©1990
Sprache:
Englisch
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