Slave songs and the birth of African American poetry / Lauri Ramey.

This book restores the slaves? songs to their rightful place in American literature for their intrinsic value as lyric poetry, and as a touchstone of the American imagination.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Scheyer, Lauri (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	American poetry > African American authors > History and criticism. Enslaved persons > United States > Songs and music > History and criticism. African Americans > Music > History and criticism. African Americans > Music. American poetry > African American authors. Enslaved persons > Songs and music. United States. Criticism, interpretation, etc.