Pioneers

Surveying more than 200 years of poetic creativity in Black America Poetry from the Masters: The Pioneers introduces the work of early Black poets who helped to establish an African-American poetic tradition. Readers will explore the poetry of eleven talented women and men, including Phillis Wheately, Francis Ellen Harper, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Countee Cullen. Poems are complemented by a biography that discusses the scope and content of each writer's work, as well as his or her historical significance and impact on the literary world.Hudson, Wade is the author of 'Pioneers', published 2003 under ISBN 9780940975965 and ISBN 0940975963.