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020 _a9781501307843 (paperback)
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100 1 _aWagner-Martin, Linda.
245 1 0 _aMaya Angelou :
_badventurous spirit /
_cLinda Wagner-Martin.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBloomsbury Academic,
_c2015.
300 _axvi, 245 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
520 _a"A comprehensive biographical and critical reading of the works of American poet and memoirist Maya Angelou (1928-2014). Linda Wagner-Martin covers all six of Angelou's autobiographies, as well as her essay and poetry collections, while also exploring Angelou's life as an African American in the United States, her career as stage and film performer, her thoughtful participation in the Civil Rights actions of the 1960s, and her travels abroad in Egypt, Africa, and Europe. In her discussion of Angelou's methods of writing her stunning autobiography, which began with the 1970 publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Wagner-Martin writes about the influences of the Harlem Writers Group (led by James Baldwin, Paule Marshall, and John O. Killens) as well as Angelou's significant friendships with Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other leaders from both international and African American United States cultures. Crucial concepts throughout include the role of oral traditions, of song and dance, of the spiritualism of art based on religious belief, of Angelou's voiced rhythms and her polished use of dialogue to convey more abstract "meaning." Wagner-Martin shows that, viewing herself as a global citizen, Angelou never lost her spirit of adventure and discovery as well as her ability to overcome"--
_cProvided by publisher.
520 _a"A comprehensive critical and biographical reading of Maya Angelou's life and work, from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970) to His Day Is Done, A Nelson Mandela Tribute (2014)"--
_cProvided by publisher.
505 8 _aMachine generated contents note: -- PrefaceChapter One: Marguerite Annie Johnson, April 4, 1928 -- Chapter Two: Ambivalence Is Not So Easy -- Chapter Three: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings -- Chapter Four: Gather Together in My Name -- Chapter Five: Singin' and Swingin' and Getting' Merry Like Christmas -- Chapter Six: The Heart of a Woman -- Chapter Seven: All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes -- Chapter Eight: Africa -- Chapter Nine: Maya Angelou as Public Intellectual -- Chapter Ten: Poems and the Public Spotlight -- Chapter Eleven: A Song Flung Up to Heaven -- Chapter Twelve: Essays (Even the Stars through Letter to My Daughter) -- Chapter Thirteen: The OeuvrePrimary and Secondary Bibliography -- Index.
600 1 0 _aAngelou, Maya.
650 0 _aAuthors, American
_y20th century
_vBiography.
650 0 _aAfrican American authors
_vBiography.
650 0 _aCivil rights workers
_vBiography.
600 1 0 _aAngelou, Maya
_xCriticism and interpretation.
650 7 _aLITERARY CRITICISM / General.
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650 7 _aLITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
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650 7 _aLITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors.
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