Description
The Black American Writer, Volume II: Poetry and Drama — C. W. E. Bigsby — 1971 — Everett Hoagland Estate
Editor: C. W. E. Bigsby
Title: The Black American Writer, Volume II: Poetry and Drama
Publisher: Penguin Books / Pelican Books
Place: Baltimore, Maryland
Year: 1971
Edition: 1971 Pelican reprint; originally published in 1969
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 0140212264
Condition: Covers show rubbing and edge wear, with an old price sticker and an area of surface loss on the front. Pages show age toning.
Provenance: From the estate of poet Everett Hoagland.
Edited by C. W. E. Bigsby, this collection of critical essays explores Black American poetry and drama and the cultural, political, and literary debates surrounding their interpretation.
Opening with Jean-Paul Sartre’s “Black Orpheus,” the volume considers figures including Gwendolyn Brooks, Lorraine Hansberry, Ossie Davis, and LeRoi Jones, later known as Amiri Baraka. It examines literary achievement alongside questions of identity, representation, and the role of the critic.
This copy comes from the estate of poet Everett Hoagland, adding a meaningful literary connection to a book concerned with Black creative expression. Its vintage Pelican design also captures a distinctive period in paperback publishing.
Volume II: Poetry and Drama only.