{"product_id":"discarded-legacy-politics-and-poetics-in-the-life-of-frances-e-w-harper-1825-1911-paperback","title":"Discarded Legacy: Politics and Poetics in the Life of Frances E. W. Harper, 1825-1911 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMelba Joyce Boyd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrances E. W. Harper is a central figure in the history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century African-American literature and intellectual thought. The foremost poet of the free colored community, she was also a lecturer, \u003cbr\u003eeducator, essayist, and novelist. A prolific champion of the abolitionist and feminist causes, she has come to be recognized for the critical role she played in the rise of the women's movement, particularly in the development of the black women's movement. Yet neither her art nor her political insight was preserved by subsequent generations until recently. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this important study, poet Melba Joyce Boyd analyzes Harper not simply as a feminist and an activist, but as a writer. Boyd reads her in context, placing Harper's life, poetry, novels, and speeches within the nineteenth century African-American quest for freedom and literacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHarper's genius is illuminated as Boyd traces her radicalism through her struggles with issues of race, gender, and class, and the other personal and social injustices she confronted. \u003ci\u003eDiscarded Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e comprises three parts: The Abolitionist Years, The Pursuit of the Promised Land, and The Woman's Era. These divisions characterize the thrust of the historical periods which encompass Harper's lifetime and the thematic focus of her writings. Though Harper's primary political emphasis is on slavery and the Reconstruction, she sustains a strong feminist voice throughout these times and in all of her writings. Likewise, during the women's era, she maintains an anti-racist stance and strongly criticizes racism in white feminist politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoyd's response to Harper's work is interactive and improvisational, and whenever possible, she maintains Harper's voice, allowing her to speak about her own work. When analyzing Harper's language, Boyd provides insight into Harper's aesthetic by discussing the writings thematically and structurally within a biographical framework. Finally, by examining Harper's use of traditional poetic techniques, language, oral tradition forms, and other tools, Boyd\u003cbr\u003edemonstrates how Harper's art and politics are synthesized into a dynamic whole. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book weaves Harper's radical vision with the intuitive and analytical dimensions of her imagination and language. Through perceptive explication of Harper's writings and consideration of her thematic inclinations and political and social affiliations, Boyd is able to show how Harper crafted her subjects and how the literature and speeches interrelated in theme and historical experience. Boyd has successfully arranged Harper's work in a manner that connects our present to Harper's past and that re-envisions her consciousness.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelba Joyce Boyd is author of \u003ci\u003eWrestling with the Muse: Dudley Randall and the Broadside Press\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDiscarded Legacy: Politics and Poetics in the Life of Frances E. W. Harper, 1825-1911\u003c\/i\u003e (Wayne State University Press, 1994), co-editor of \u003ci\u003eAbandon Automobile: Detroit City Poetry 2001\u003c\/i\u003e (Wayne State University Press, 2001), and author of seven books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eDeath Dance of a Butterfly\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a distinguished university professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies at Wayne State University and adjunct professor at the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9.07 x 6.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468650856701,"sku":"9780814324899","price":50.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/UU5vVTFaZU04QUFHS3dlV3J3dVJxQT09.webp?v=1777290770","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/discarded-legacy-politics-and-poetics-in-the-life-of-frances-e-w-harper-1825-1911-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}