TY - BOOK AU - Melhem,D.H. TI - Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry and the Heroic Voice SN - 9780813148588 AV - PS3503 .G846 1987 PY - 1987/// CY - Lexington PB - The University Press of Kentucky KW - Poets, American KW - 20th century KW - Biography KW - African American poets KW - African Americans in literature KW - Brooks, Gwendolyn KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Biographical; 2. A Street in Bronzeville; 3. Annie Allen; 4. Maud Martha, Bronzeville Boys and Girls; 5. The Bean Eaters; 6. Selected Poems; 7. In the Mecca; 8. Riot, Family Pictures, Aloneness; 9. Later Works; ""In Montgomery""; Report from Part One; The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves; Beckonings; Primer For Blacks; To Disembark; Very Young Poets; 10. A Major Poet; Notes; Bibliography of Works by Gwendolyn Brooks; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z; 2; b N2 - Gwendolyn Brooks is one of the major American poets of this century and the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry (1950). Yet far less critical attention has focused on her work than on that of her peers. In this comprehensive biocritical study, Melhem -- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=938044&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -