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The Homeplace
- Poems
Engelsk
Bogcover for The Homeplace af Marilyn Nelson, 9780807116418
Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
64
ISBN-13:
9780807116418
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0807116416
Udg. Dato:
30 okt 1990
Længde:
5mm
Bredde:
139mm
Højde:
226mm
Forlag:
Louisiana State University Press
Oplagsdato:
30 okt 1990
Forfatter(e):
Paperback
Format:

Om denne bog
Finalist for the 1991 National Book AwardIn The Homeplace, the stories of a family become the history of a people as Marilyn Nelson Waniek sketches the lives descended from her great-great-grandmother Diverne. The poet's mother, Johnnie Mitchell Nelson, inspired this volume when she bequeathed to Waniek from her deathbed the tales that had shaped her life. The first section of the book presents those stories transformed into graceful, humorous, and deeply touching poems. In the book's second section Waniek honors her late father, Melvin Nelson, and tells the story of his ""family"": the fabled group of black World War II aviators known as the Tuskegee Airmen. Using the language and perspective of her father and his comrades, Waniek explores through a few of their individual stories the hardships and achievements of the thousand black flyers trained at Tuskegee Institute. Throughout The Homeplace, the reader is involved in a series of sharply portrayed lives. By telling a continuous story in a mix of free verse and traditional forms, Waniek gives her work pace and intensity. She handles the villanelle, the sonnet, and the popular ballad with equal skill and gusto. ""I just knew we were going to live some history,"" Johnnie Nelson said at the end of her life. Her daughter has produced an eloquent homage to that history, celebrating the survival of Afro-American pride.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
64
ISBN-13:
9780807116418
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0807116416
Udg. Dato:
30 okt 1990
Længde:
5mm
Bredde:
139mm
Højde:
226mm
Forlag:
Louisiana State University Press
Oplagsdato:
30 okt 1990
Forfatter(e):
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