Gwendolyn Brooks
(1917 - 2000)
(Full name Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks) American poet, novelist, editor, autobiographer, and author of children's books.
Gwendolyn Brooks: Introduction
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Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917—)
Poet Gwendolyn Brooks's writings explore the discrepancies between appearance and morality, between good and evil. Her images are often ironic and coy; her work...
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Biography EssayAccording to her autobiography, Report from Part One (1972), Gwendolyn Brooks was a shy and sensitive schoolgirl who, while yearning for the glamour and popularity of some girls around ...
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Gwendolyn Brooks (born 1917) was the first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and is best known for her intense poetic portraits of urban African Americans.Gwendolyn Brooks was bo...
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The first black writer to win the Pulitzer Prize, Gwendolyn Brooks holds, as the critic George E. Kent noted in Dictionary of Literary Biography, "a unique position in American letters. Not only has s...
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According to her autobiography, Report from Part One (1972), Gwendolyn Brooks was a shy and sensitive schoolgirl who, while yearning for the glamour and popularity of some girls around her, spent her...
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Gwendolyn Brooks holds a unique position in American letters. Not only has she combined a strong commitment to racial identity and equality with a mastery of poetic techniques, but she also has manage...
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Throughout her career Gwendolyn Brooks has been committed to a political vision of black liberty and equality while refusing to sacrifice the complexity and sheer beauty of her art. In light of her ac...
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Critical Essay by Houston A. Baker, Jr.
Miss Brooks writes tense, complex, rhythmic verse that contains the metaphysical complexities of John Donne and the word magic of Appollinaire, Eliot, and Pound...
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Critical Essay by Saundra Towns
Prior to 1967, Miss Brooks' poetry was widely heralded for its lyricism and technical virtuosity. But, when a critic of the stature of J. Saunders Redding favora...
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Critical Essay by George E. Kent
Beckonings exemplifies Brooks' movement toward her new style, which is characterized by a struggle between her normal tendency to make each word bear its full m...
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Critical Essay by Sue S. Park
More than twenty-five years ago, in 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks listed three "impressive advantages" possessed by black poets: subjects that are "moving, ...
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Critical Essay by Alan C. Lupack
Gwendolyn Brooks once said in an interview that she wrote poetry because she liked "working with language, as others like working with paints and clay, or notes...
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In the following essay, Hansell examines political themes and aspirations in the "second period" of Brooks's poetry. According to Hansell, Brooks "dramatically portrays the...
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In the following essay, Taylor offers an overview of Brooks's poetry, artistic development, and critical interpretation.
Gwendolyn Brooks's emergence as an important poet has been less s...
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In the following essay, Clarke examines the significance of ambiguity, indeterminacy, and postmodern subjectivity in In the Mecca. According to Clarke, "'In the Mecca' is an enunc...
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In the following essay, Lindberg discusses Brooks's artistic development, critical reception, and identity as a spokesperson for African-American women. According to Lindberg, Brooks sought to ...
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In the following essay, Spillers examines the form, language, and unassuming subjects of Brooks's poetry. "The style of Brooks's poetry," writes Spillers, "gives us ...
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In the following essay, Washington discusses the critical reception of Maud Martha and the suppressed rage, self-loathing, and reticence displayed by Brooks's autobiographic heroine.
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In the following review, Brown offers positive evaluation of Beckonings.
This special edition of Gwendolyn Brook's Beckonings can be found on the local library shelf in a beige and chocolate co...
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In the following essay, Christian examines the social context and presentation of Maud Martha. According to Christian, Brooks's "emphasis on the black girl within the community is a pref...
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In the following essay, Miller examines the major themes and structure of In the Mecca. According to Miller, Brooks draws upon Anglo-American poetry, Judeo-Christian myth, and folklore to explore the ...
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In the following essay. Tate examines the form, structure, and heroine of Annie Allen. As Tate notes, Brooks presents "an emotionally charged satirical comment about the tragedy of a woman�...
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In the following essay, Mootry discusses the appropriation of folk ballad and blues conventions in Brooks's poetry. "While, on the surface, these folk elements make her poetry more acces...
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In the following review, Baker offers an overview of Brooks's poetry and favorable evaluation of Blacks.
When a compendium of her poetry entitled The World of Gwendolyn Brooks appeared in the 1...
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The late Lorraine Williams Bolton once said, speaking of Gwendolyn Brooks, "the pattern of her rearing was similar to...that of many Chicagoans. It tended to encourage inwardness and withdrawal into...
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The Mother"
Gwendolyn Brooks' poem "The mother" tells us about a mother who had many abortions. The speaker is addressing her children in explain to them why child could not have them. The internal c...
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Brooks, Gwendolyn
Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917—)
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks
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