Erscheint: April 2027
Buch (Hardcover): Fachbuch
Reading Umbra
Historical, Critical, and Creative Assessments
Verlag:
Wesleyan University Press Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P35301700
EAN: 9780819502735
Erscheint: April 2027
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 123.–
Beschreibung
A long-overdue critical and creative reappraisal of the Umbra Poets Workshop. The Umbra Galaxy. is a landmark two-volume project illuminating the radical creativity and enduring legacy of the Umbra Poets' Workshop, a groundbreaking collective of Black writers formed in early 1960s New York City. Emerging at a nexus of political resistance, aesthetic experimentation, and cultural transformation, Umbra fostered a vibrant community where poetry, performance, and activism converged. This project-the first of its kind-offers a comprehensive resource for scholars, artists, and readers committed to Black literary and political traditions. Volume I: Reading Umbra. gathers critical and creative responses from leading poets and scholars, tracing Umbra's influence from the Black Arts Movement to contemporary poetics and cultural resistance. Volume II: The Umbra Reader. returns vital archival materials to print-poetry, prose, and manifestos by Umbra members, many previously unpublished-revealing the group's breadth, experimental power, and global reach. Together, these volumes reframe Umbra not only as a catalyst for Black aesthetic innovation but as a key node in the wider history of American avant-garde and liberation movements. The Umbra Galaxy. restores a collective voice that helped reshape literature, community, and cultural politics-and whose momentum continues to animate Black art today.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- David Grundy
- Tonya Foster
- Jean-Philippe Marcoux
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2027
Format
- Buch (Hardcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 280