num_pages: 216
description: 130 black men and women published poetry in America during the nineteenth century. I have chosen twenty-six of these individuals for intensive study, hoping to construct for the first time certain significant profiles of their life experiences and to appraise the qualities and import of their poetry.
language: English
title: Invisible Poets: Afro-Americans of the Nineteenth Century
titlecomplete: Invisible Poets: Afro-Americans of the Nineteenth Century
ratings_count: 2
publisher: University of Illinois Press