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The Heart of a Woman and Other Poems (Paperback)
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The Heart of a Woman and Other Poems (Paperback)
Series: Mint Editions
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The Heart of a Woman and Other Poems (1918) is a collection of
poetry by Georgia Douglas Johnson. Marking Johnson's debut as one
of the leading poets of the Harlem Renaissance, The Heart of a
Woman and Other Poems is an invaluable work of African American
literature for scholars and poetry enthusiasts alike. Comprised of
Johnson's earliest works as a poet, the collection showcases her
sense of the musicality of language while illuminating the
experiences of African American women of the early twentieth
century. "The heart of a woman goes forth with the dawn, / As a
lone bird, soft winging, so restlessly on." Recalling Paul Laurence
Dunbar's classic poem "Sympathy," which immortalizes the African
American experience with the line "I know why the caged bird
sings," the title poem of Johnson's collection compares the heart
to a bird. Musical and dreamlike, Johnson's poem envisions "the
heart of a woman" as it "enters some alien cage in its plight, /
And tries to forget it has dreamed of the stars / While it breaks,
breaks, breaks on the sheltering bars." With each repetition of
"breaks," the reader can feel the restlessness and fear of the bird
as it beats its wings against its cage, the heart as it beats
against the "sheltering bars" of the ribs. In this poem, and
throughout the collection, Johnson shows an efficiency with
language uncommon to many poets, let alone one making her debut.
With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of Georgia Douglas Johnson's The Heart of
a Woman and Other Poems is a classic of African American literature
reimagined for modern readers.
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