Countee Cullen: Collected Poems - (American Poets Project) (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A major and sometimes controversial figure of the Harlem Renaissance, Countee Cullen fused a mastery of the formal lyric with a passionate engagement with themes social, religious, racial, and personal in such books as Color, Copper Sun, and The Black Christ. Certain of his poems--"Heritage," "Yet Do I Marvel"--are widely celebrated, but much of Cullen's work remains to be discovered.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The American Poets Project series continues with this stunning collection from a major--and sometimes controversial--figure of the Harlem Renaissance</b> <p/>In his early twenties, Countee Cullen emerged as a central figure in the tumultuous, defiant, intensely creative cultural movement now known as the Harlem Renaissance. Here is the most comprehensive collection of Cullen's poetry ever assembled. It begins with his astonishing first book, <i>Color </i>(1925)--a debut that made him "famous, like Byron, overnight" (as H. L. Mencken put it). Cullen's intricate, deceptively simple lyrics shocked some early readers with their frank explorations of racial, sexual, and religious themes. They have since become touchstones of the African American poetic tradition. <p/>The collection follows the evolution of Cullen's prodigious talents through <i>Copper Sun </i>(1927), <i>The Ballad of the Brown Girl </i>(1927), <i>The Black Christ & Other Poems </i>(1929), and <i>The Medea and Some Poems </i>(1935)--reprinted for the first time with the illustrations from the original editions. Also included are playful verses from his children's book <i>The Lost Zoo </i>(1940); haunting late poems he intended to add to <i>On These I Stand </i>(1947) before his death; and dozens of uncollected poems, some never before published, which reveal an intense engagement with the politics of civil rights. Together, they afford an unprecedented occasion to revisit a dazzling and distinctive poetic voice.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Major Jackson</b> is the author of three volumes of poetry: <i>Holding Company, Hoops</i>, and <i>Leaving Saturn</i>, and a recipient of a Pushcart Prize, a Whiting Writers' Award, and a Pew Fellowship in the Arts. He is the Richard Dennis Green and Gold Professor at the University of Vermont, and the poetry editor of the <i>Harvard Review</i>.
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