Religious allusion in the poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks
By: Margot Harper Banks
Publisher: McFarland & Company; McFarland; Mcfarland & Co Inc Pub
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780786449392
Subjects: Religion; Democracy in literature; Literature and society; Christianity in literature; Sermons in literature; History; Political and social views
Description: "This book highlights Brooks' use of the sermon genre, and her parallels between Christianity and Democracy. The work opens with a biographical chapter and Brooks' comments on religion, followed by analyses of her long poems, and more than thirty of her short ones. An interview with Nora Brooks Blakely about Brooks' religious background and philosophy is included"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The life of the poet; title: Brooks on religion; title: The Anniad; title: In the Mecca; title: In Emmanuel's nightmare: another coming of Christ; title: Sermons on the Warpland; title: "In Montgomery"; title: Short poems: depictions of God and preachers; title: Short poems: Sundays and church; title: Short poems: religion and contradiction; title: Conclusion; title: Coda: a conversation with Nora Brooks Blakely; title: Appendix 1: Books by Brooks; title: Appendix 2: Selected honors and awards.