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Mississippi Poets - A Literary Guide (Hardcover)
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Mississippi Poets - A Literary Guide (Hardcover)
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Mississippi has produced outstanding writers in numbers far out of
proportion to its population. Their contributions to American
literature, including poetry, rank as enormous. Mississippi Poets:
A Literary Guide showcases forty-five poets associated with the
state and assesses their work with the aim of appreciating it and
its place in today's culture. In Mississippi, the importance of
poetry can no longer be doubted. It partakes, as Faulkner wrote, of
the broad aim of all literature: "to uplift man's heart." In
Mississippi Poets, author Catharine Savage Brosman introduces
readers to the poets themselves, stressing their versatility and
diversity. It describes their subject matter and forms, their
books, and particularly representative or striking poems. Of broad
interest and easy to consult, this book is both a source of
information and a showcase. It highlights the organic connection
between poetry by Mississippians and the indigenous music genres of
the region, blues and jazz. No other state has produced such
abundant and impressive poetry connected to these essential
American forms. Brosman profiles and assesses poets from the
twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Grounds for selection include
connections between the poets and the state; the excellence and
abundance of their work; its critical reception; and both local and
national standing. Natives of Mississippi and others who have
resided here draw equal consideration. As C. Liegh McInnis
observed, "You do not have to be born in Mississippi to be a
Mississippi writer. . . . If what happens in Mississippi has an
immediate and definite effect on your work, you are a Mississippi
writer.
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