African-American Poetry of the Nineteenth Century: An Anthology - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0252019172 ISBN 13: 9780252019173

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 1992

Synopsis

Gathers poems by thirty-five Black, nineteenth-century poets, and, using a chronological arrangement, traces changes in theme from pre- to post-Civil War times

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After Church by Samuel Alfred Beadle
Lines by Samuel Alfred Beadle
Lines To Caste by Samuel Alfred Beadle
Words by Samuel Alfred Beadle
An Anniversary Poem Entitled The Progress Of Liberty, Sels. by James Madison Bell
Modern Moses, Or 'my Policy' Man by James Madison Bell
A Poem Entitled The Day And The War, Sels by James Madison Bell
Colored Heroes, Hark The Bugle; Political by Robert Charles O'hara Benjamin
The Farmer's Soliloquy by Robert Charles O'hara Benjamin
Gerarda by Eloise Alberta Veronica Bibb
Cry 'infidel' by Alfred Gibbs Campbell
The Divine Mission by Alfred Gibbs Campbell
Lines by Alfred Gibbs Campbell
Song Of The Decanter by Alfred Gibbs Campbell
Warning; Suggested By The Christiana (pa.) Treason Trials by Alfred Gibbs Campbell
De Cunjah Man by James Edwin Campbell
Mobile-buck by James Edwin Campbell
Mors Et Vita by James Edwin Campbell
Ol' Doc' Hyar by James Edwin Campbell
The Pariah by James Edwin Campbell
'sciplinin' Sister Brown by James Edwin Campbell
Song Of The Corn by James Edwin Campbell
When Ol' Sis' Judy Pray by James Edwin Campbell
The Ark by Noah Calwell Cannon
Ajax' Conclusion by Frank Barbour Coffin
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Works: 'uncle Tom's Cabin' by Frank Barbour Coffin
Mother's Songs by Frank Barbour Coffin
Algernon Charles Swinburne by Joseph Seamon, Sr. Cotter
Answer To Dunbar's 'after A Visit' by Joseph Seamon, Sr. Cotter
The Book's Creed by Joseph Seamon, Sr. Cotter
The Don't-care Negro by Joseph Seamon, Sr. Cotter
Dr. Booker T. Washington To The National Negro Business League by Joseph Seamon, Sr. Cotter
Frederick Douglass by Joseph Seamon, Sr. Cotter
Ned's Psalm Of Life For The Negro by Joseph Seamon, Sr. Cotter
On Hearing James W. Riley Read; From A Kentucky Standpoint by Joseph Seamon, Sr. Cotter
William Lloyd Garrison by Joseph Seamon, Sr. Cotter
Aunt Chloe's Lullaby by Daniel Webster Davis
De Linin' Ub De Hymns by Daniel Webster Davis
De Nigger's Got To Go by Daniel Webster Davis
I Can Trust by Daniel Webster Davis
Miss Liza's Banjer by Daniel Webster Davis
My Childhood's Happy Days; To My Parents by Daniel Webster Davis
The Negro Meets To Pray by Daniel Webster Davis
An Ante-bellum Sermon by Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Colored Soldiers by Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Corn-stalk Fiddle by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Deacon Jones' Grievance by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Douglass by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Harriet Beecher Stowe by Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Haunted Oak by Paul Laurence Dunbar
A Negro Love Song by Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Paradox by Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Poet by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Sympathy (2) by Paul Laurence Dunbar
We Wear The Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar
When All Is Done by Paul Laurence Dunbar
When De Co'n Pone's Hot by Paul Laurence Dunbar
When Malindy Sings by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Atlanta Exposition Ode by Mary Weston Fordham
In Memoriam Alphonse Campbell Fordham by Mary Weston Fordham
The Saxon Legend Of Language by Mary Weston Fordham
Bartow Black by Timothy Thomas Fortune
Byron's Oak At Newstead Abbey by Timothy Thomas Fortune
Dreams Of Life: 1 by Timothy Thomas Fortune
Dreams Of Life: 10 by Timothy Thomas Fortune
Dreams Of Life: 2 by Timothy Thomas Fortune
Dreams Of Life: 5 by Timothy Thomas Fortune
Dreams Of Life: 6 by Timothy Thomas Fortune
Dreams Of Life: 7 by Timothy Thomas Fortune
Dreams Of Life: 8 by Timothy Thomas Fortune
Dreams Of Life: 9 by Timothy Thomas Fortune
Edgar Allan Poe by Timothy Thomas Fortune
The Angel's Visit by Charlotte L. Forten Grimke
Charles Sumner; On Seeing Some Pictures Of The Interior Of His House by Charlotte L. Forten Grimke
The Gathering Of The Grand Army by Charlotte L. Forten Grimke
Wordsworth by Charlotte L. Forten Grimke
Bury Me In A Free Land by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
A Double Standard by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Eliza Harris by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Learning To Read by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Lines 141-224 by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Moses: A Story Of The Nile: 9. The Death Of Moses, Sels. by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Moses: A Story Of The Nile: Flight Into Midian: 3 by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Moses: A Story Of The Nile: Flight Into Midian: 4, Sels. by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Moses: A Story Of The Nile: Flight Into Midian: 6, Sels. by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
The Present Age by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Save The Boys by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
'sir, We Would See Jesus' by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Songs For The People by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
To The Union Savers Of Cleveland by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Vashti by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
An Epitaph by Josephine Dephine Henderson Heard
They Are Coming? by Josephine Dephine Henderson Heard
To Whittier by Josephine Dephine Henderson Heard
Our Family Tree; On The Death Of My Sister Cecilia by Joseph Cephas Holly
The Patriot's Lament by Joseph Cephas Holly
This Is A Fatherland To Me by Joseph Cephas Holly
A Wreath Of Holly by Joseph Cephas Holly
Acrostics by George Moses Horton
The Creditor To His Proud Debtor by George Moses Horton
Early Affection by George Moses Horton
Gen. Grant -- The Hero Of The War by George Moses Horton
George Moses Horton, Myself by George Moses Horton
Imploring To Be Resigned At Death by George Moses Horton
On Hearing Of Intention .. To Purchase The Poet's Freedom by George Moses Horton
On Liberty And Slavery by George Moses Horton
On Summer by George Moses Horton
Praise Of Creation by George Moses Horton
The Slave's Complaint by George Moses Horton
Troubled With The Itch, And Rubbing With Sulphur by George Moses Horton
Daybreak by George Marion Mcclellan
The Feet Of Judas by George Marion Mcclellan
Hydromel And Rue by George Marion Mcclellan
A January Dandelion by George Marion Mcclellan
Lines To Mount Glen by George Marion Mcclellan
Love Is A Flame by George Marion Mcclellan
A September Night by George Marion Mcclellan
The Sun Went Down In Beauty by George Marion Mcclellan
To Theodore by George Marion Mcclellan
Born Like The Pines by James Ephriam Mcgirt
The Century Prayer by James Ephriam Mcgirt
Memory Of Lincoln And The Yankees by James Ephriam Mcgirt
My Song by James Ephriam Mcgirt
Nothing To Do by James Ephriam Mcgirt
Tell Me, Oh Fate by James Ephriam Mcgirt
When De Sun Shines Hot by James Ephriam Mcgirt
Good-bye! Off For Kansas by John Willis Menard
The Negro's Lament by John Willis Menard
To My Wife (at Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies) by John Willis Menard
Aspiration by Adah Isaacs Menken
Infelix by Adah Isaacs Menken
My Heritage by Adah Isaacs Menken
The Pleasures, Sels. by Daniel Alexander Payne
Advice To Young Ladies by Ann Plato
The Natives Of America by Ann Plato
Antigone And Oedipus by Henrietta Cordelia Ray
God's Ways, Not Our Ways by Henrietta Cordelia Ray
In Memoriam by Henrietta Cordelia Ray
Longfellow by Henrietta Cordelia Ray
My Spirit's Complement by Henrietta Cordelia Ray
Robert G. Shaw by Henrietta Cordelia Ray
Sea Cadences by Henrietta Cordelia Ray
To My Father by Henrietta Cordelia Ray
Verses To My Heart's-sister by Henrietta Cordelia Ray
O Freedom! Freedom! O! How Oft by Charles L. Reason
The Spirit Voice; Or, Liberty Call To The Disenfranchised by Charles L. Reason
A Poem On The Fugitive Slave Law, Sels. by Elymas Payson Rogers
The Repeal Of The Missouri Compromise Considered, Sels. by Elymas Payson Rogers
God Speed by George Clinton Rowe
Mrs. Frances Ellen Harper by George Clinton Rowe
The Reason Why by George Clinton Rowe
Toussaint L'overture: His Ancestry by George Clinton Rowe
Toussaint L'overture: His Boyhood by George Clinton Rowe
Toussaint L'overture: His Manhood by George Clinton Rowe
Toussaint L'overture: His Prime by George Clinton Rowe
We Are Rising by George Clinton Rowe
Away To Canada by Joshua Mccarter Simpson
The First Of August In Jamaica by Joshua Mccarter Simpson
'no, Master, Never' by Joshua Mccarter Simpson
Old Liberia Is Not The Place For Me by Joshua Mccarter Simpson
To The White People Of America by Joshua Mccarter Simpson
The Twilight Hour by Joshua Mccarter Simpson
The Muse's Favor by Priscilla Jane Thompson
The Muse's Favor: The Song by Priscilla Jane Thompson
The Vineyard Of My Beloved by Priscilla Jane Thompson
Well, Son De Story Of My Life by Priscilla Jane Thompson
Hear, O Israel!: 1 by Anonymous
Hear, O Israel!: 2 by Anonymous
Hear, O Israel!: 3 by Anonymous
Hear, O Israel!: 4 by Anonymous
Vincent Oge by George Boyer Vashon
Dedicated To A Young Lady Representing The Indian Race At Howard Univ by Alfred Islay Walden
Miscellaneous Poems: Introduction by Alfred Islay Walden
The Nation's Friend by Alfred Islay Walden
One To Love by Alfred Islay Walden
The Transition - Short Meter by Alfred Islay Walden
Wish For An Overcoat by Alfred Islay Walden
How Long? by James Monroe Whitfield
The Misanthropist by James Monroe Whitfield
A Poem, Sels. by James Monroe Whitfield
To - by James Monroe Whitfield
Canto 1: Invocation by Albery Allson Whitman
Canto 2, Selection by Albery Allson Whitman
Canto 4, Selection by Albery Allson Whitman
Not A Man And Yet A Man: Flight Of Leeona by Albery Allson Whitman
Not A Man And Yet A Man: In The House Of The Aylors by Albery Allson Whitman
Not A Man And Yet A Man: Saville In Trouble by Albery Allson Whitman
Not A Man And Yet A Man: The End Of The Whole Matter by Albery Allson Whitman
Not A Man And Yet A Man: The Old Sac Village by Albery Allson Whitman
Not A Man And Yet A Man: The Runaway by Albery Allson Whitman
The Octoroon: 153 by Albery Allson Whitman
The Octoroon: 156 by Albery Allson Whitman
The Octoroon: 157 by Albery Allson Whitman
The Octoroon: 159 by Albery Allson Whitman
The Octoroon: 160 by Albery Allson Whitman
The Octoroon: 161 by Albery Allson Whitman
The Octoroon: 18 by Albery Allson Whitman
The Octoroon: 19 by Albery Allson Whitman
The Octoroon: 20 by Albery Allson Whitman
The Octoroon: 21 by Albery Allson Whitman
The Octoroon: 22 by Albery Allson Whitman
The Octoroon: 28 by Albery Allson Whitman
The Octoroon: 55 by Albery Allson Whitman
The Octoroon: 56 by Albery Allson Whitman
The Octoroon: 57 by Albery Allson Whitman
The Octoroon: 59 by Albery Allson Whitman
At Harper's Ferry Just Before The Attack by Edward W. Williams
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

From Library Journal:

In this anthology, an expanded companion to Invisible Poets (Univ. of Illinois Pr., 1989. 2d ed.), Sherman makes visible the poems of the many "invisible" African American poets from the 19th century. The introduction surveys the historical and cultural values of African American poetry. The poems themselves have historical as well as lyric value; unfamiliar as well as familiar poets are included. Though the poems are formal, the rhymes are generally unforced. Witness these lines from Paul Laurence Dunbar: "And like hounds unleashed and eager/ For the life blood of the prey,/ Sprung they forth and bore them bravely/ In the thickest of the fray." This anthology also includes an extensive bibliography to help researchers find other resources. Highly recommended for collections strong in poetry and African American literature.
- Lenard D. Moore, United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, N.C.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0252019172
• ISBN 13: 9780252019173
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 506
• Editor: Sherman Joan R.