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God's trombones : seven Negro sermons in verse / James Weldon Johnson ; foreword by Maya Angelou ; general editor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. [print]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Penguin classicsPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, [(c)2008.Edition: revised editionDescription: xxvii, 60 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780143105411
  • 0143105418
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PS3519.G637 2008
  • PS3519.O2625.G259.G637 2008
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Contents:
Listen Lord, a prayer The creation The prodigal son Go down death: a funeral sermon Noah built the ark The crucifixion Let my people go The Judgment day.
Summary: "This collection of poems attempts to recreate a vanishing part of Black American spiritual culture - the inspirational sermons of old-time Negro preachers. Using punctuation and line arrangements he captures the fervour of the congregation and underlines the importance of these sermons in the development of Black culture. James Wheldon Johnson is the author of 'Along this Way' and 'The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man'."--Www.amazon.com (Nov. 8, 2010).
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library Leisure Reading - Second Floor Fiction PS3519.O2625.G6 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001501077

Listen Lord, a prayer The creation The prodigal son Go down death: a funeral sermon Noah built the ark The crucifixion Let my people go The Judgment day.

"This collection of poems attempts to recreate a vanishing part of Black American spiritual culture - the inspirational sermons of old-time Negro preachers. Using punctuation and line arrangements he captures the fervour of the congregation and underlines the importance of these sermons in the development of Black culture. James Wheldon Johnson is the author of 'Along this Way' and 'The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man'."--Www.amazon.com (Nov. 8, 2010).

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