Title: Slave Songs and the Birth of African American Poetry
Description: This book restores the slaves? songs to their rightful place in American literature for their intrinsic value as lyric poetry, and as a touchstone of the American imagination.
Subjects: History and criticism, Songs and music, American poetry, African American authors, African Americans, Slaves, Music, Negrospiritual, Spirituals (Songs), Sklave, Volkslied, Schwarze, Lyrik, African americans, music, American poetry, african american authors, history and criticism, Spirituals (songs), history and criticism, Slaves, united states, LITERARY CRITICISM, Poetry, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Social & cultural history, Oral history, Literature
Places: United States