Following her successful Literary Guide to Washington, DC, which
Library Journal called "the perfect accompaniment for a
literature-inspired vacation in the US capital," Kim Roberts
returns with a comprehensive anthology of poems by both well-known
and overlooked poets working and living in the capital from the
city's founding in 1800 to 1930. Roberts expertly presents the work
of 132 poets, including poems by celebrated DC writers such as
Francis Scott Key, Walt Whitman, Frederick Douglass, Paul Laurence
Dunbar, Ambrose Bierce, Henry Adams, and James Weldon Johnson, as
well as the work of lesser-known poets-especially women, writers of
color, and working-class writers. A significant number of the poems
are by writers who were born enslaved, such as Fanny Jackson
Coppin, T. Thomas Fortune, and John Sella Martin. The book is
arranged thematically, representing the poetic work happening in
our nation's capital from its founding through the Civil War,
Reconstruction, World War I, and the beginnings of literary
modernism. The city has always been home to prominent
poets-including presidents and congressmen, lawyers and Supreme
Court judges, foreign diplomats, US poets laureate, professors, and
inventors-as well as writers from across the country who came to
Washington as correspondents. A broad range of voices is
represented in this incomparable volume.
General
Imprint: |
University of Virginia Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2020 |
Authors: |
Kim Roberts
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
356 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8139-4475-3 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8139-4475-9 |
Barcode: |
9780813944753 |
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