African-American Poetry of the Nineteenth Century

An Anthology
Author: Edited by Joan R. Sherman
Paper – $40
978-0-252-06246-9
Publication Date
Paperback: 01/01/1992
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About the Book

In this bestselling companion to her pioneering study, Invisible Poets, Joan Sherman continues to make new generations aware of the "invisible" legacy of nineteenth-century black American poetry. The 171 poems here, by thirty-five men and women, have been transcribedfrom first editions and are annotated in detail.

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"Ever since Invisible Poets we have needed an informed and comprehensive anthology of African-American poetry in the nineteenth century. Now we have it. No one but Sherman could have done the job so well."--William L. Andrews, author of To Tell a Free Story