Complete Poems of Frances E.W. Harper
by Maryemma Graham
Publication Date: Apr 14, 1988
List Price: $160.00
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780195052442
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Parent Company: University of Oxford
Hardcover Description:
Frances Harper was renowned in her lifetime not only as an activist who rallied on behalf of blacks, women, and the poor, but as a pioneer of the tradition of ’protest’ literature, whose immense popularity did much to develop an audience for poetry in America. This collection of her poems is drawn from ten volumes published between 1854 and 1901. Their main issues are oppression, Christianity, and social and moral reform. Consolidating the oral tradition and the ballad form, and merging dramatic details and imagery with a strong political and racial awareness, Harper’s poetry represented a distinctly Afro-American discourse that was to inspire generations of black writers.
Frances Harper was renowned in her lifetime not only as an activist who rallied on behalf of blacks, women, and the poor, but as a pioneer of the tradition of ’protest’ literature, whose immense popularity did much to develop an audience for poetry in America. This collection of her poems is drawn from ten volumes published between 1854 and 1901. Their main issues are oppression, Christianity, and social and moral reform. Consolidating the oral tradition and the ballad form, and merging dramatic details and imagery with a strong political and racial awareness, Harper’s poetry represented a distinctly Afro-American discourse that was to inspire generations of black writers.
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