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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Afro-Modernist Aesthetics and the Poetry of Sterling A. Brown

Afro-Modernist Aesthetics and the Poetry of Sterling A. Brown

Sanders, Mark A.

Paperback

Literary CriticismPoetry CriticismGeneral Poetry

Publisher Price: $25.95

ISBN10: 082038111X
ISBN13: 9780820381114
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: May 12 2026
Pages: 230
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.52 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Sterling A. Brown's poetry and aesthetics are central to a proper understanding of African American art and politics of the early twentieth century. This study redefines the relationship between modernism and the New Negro era in light of Brown's uniquely hybrid poetry and vision of a heterodox, pluralist modernism. Brown, also a folklorist and critic, saw the Harlem Renaissance and modernism as interactive rather than mutually exclusive and perceived the New Negro era as the dawning of African American modernity. Reading Brown's three collections of poetry in light of their respective historical contexts, Sanders examines the ways in which Brown reconfigured black being and created alternative conceptual space for African Americans amid the prevailing racial discourses of American culture. Brown's poetics call for revised conceptions of the Harlem Renaissance, black identity, artistic expression, and modernity that recognize the range, depth, and complexity of African American life.

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