The new red Negro
Subtitle: the literary left and African American poetry, 1930-1946
By: James Edward Smethurst.
Series: Race and American culture
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: American poetry -- African American authors -- History and criticism.; Communism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.; Political poetry, American -- History and criticism.; Right and left (Political science) in literature.; African Americans -- Politics and government.; African Americans in literature.; Race relations in literature.; United States -- Race relations.
Description: "The New Red Negro surveys African-American poetry from the onset of the Depression to the early days of the Cold War. It considers the relationship between the thematic and formal choices of African-American poets and organized ideology from the "proletarian" early 1930s to the "neo-modernist" late 1940s. This study examines poetry by writers across the spectrum: canonical, less well-known, and virtually unknown."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-275) and index.