Transfigurations: Collected Poems - Softcover

Wright, Jay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807126306 ISBN 13: 9780807126301

Verlag: Louisiana State University Press, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

Few poets have as much to tell us about the intricate relationship between the African American past and present as Jay Wright. His poems weave a rich fabric of personal history using diverse materials drawn from African, Native American, and European sources. Scholarly, historical, intuitive, and emotional, his work explores territories in which rituals of psychological and spiritual individuation find a new synthesis in the construction of cultural values. Never an ideologue but always a poet of vision, his imagination shows us a way to rejoice and strengthen ourselves in our common humanity. Here, together for the first time, are Wright's previously published collections -- The Homecoming Singer (1971), Soothsayers and Omens (1976), Explications/Interpretations (1984), Dimensions of History (1976), The Double Invention of Komo (1980), Elaine's Book (1988), and Boleros (1991) -- along with the new poems of Transformations (1997). By presenting Wright's work as a whole, this collection reveals the powerful consistency of his theme -- a spiritual or intellectual quest for personal development -- as each book builds solidly upon the previous one. Wright examines history from a multicultural perspective, attempting to conquer a sense of exclusion -- from society and his own cultural identity -- and find solace and accord by linking American society to African traditions. He believes that a poem must articulate the vital rhythms of the culture it depicts and is dedicated to a pursuit of poetic forms that embody the cadence of African American culture.

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Jay Wright started writing and illustrating stories for his niece and nephew five years ago. His recent book, Whisper My Name, was written in anticipation for his granddaughter, born in the Spring of 2016. He lives, plays, and daydreams in Bend, Oregon.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Louisiana State University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0807126306
• ISBN 13: 9780807126301
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 634
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Mare Nostrum Group B.V.; gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk; ; Doelen 72; Breda; 4831 GR; Niederlande