TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wagner-Martin,Linda
TI  - Maya Angelou: adventurous spirit 
SN  - 9781501365607 (ebook)
PY  - 2021///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury Academic
KW  - Angelou, Maya.
KW  - Angelou, Maya
KW  - Authors, American
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - African American authors
KW  - Civil rights workers
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Biography: literary
KW  - thema
KW  - Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
KW  - Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
KW  - Literature: history & criticism
KW  - Gender studies: women & girls
KW  - United States of America, USA
KW  - lcsh
N1  - Electronic reproduction; Askews and Holts; Mode of access: World Wide Web
N2  - A revised and updated edition of a comprehensive biographical and critical reading of the works of American poet and memoirist Maya Angelou (1928-2014). Linda Wagner-Martin covers all six of Angelou's autobiographies, as well as her essay and poetry collections, whilst also exploring Angelou's life as an African American in the United States, her career as stage and film performer, her thoughtful participation in the Civil Rights actions of the 1960s, and her travels abroad in Egypt, Africa, and Europe. In her discussion of Angelou's methods of writing her stunning autobiography, which began with the 1970 publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Wagner-Martin writes about the influences of the Harlem Writers Group (led by James Baldwin, Paule Marshall, and John O. Killens) as well as Angelou's significant friendships with Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other leaders from both international and African American United States cultures. Crucial concepts throughout include the role of oral traditions, of song and dance, of the spiritualism of art based on religious belief, of Angelou's voiced rhythms and her polished use of dialogue to convey more abstract "meaning." Wagner-Martin shows that, viewing herself as a global citizen, Angelou never lost her spirit of adventure and discovery as well as her ability to overcome.Named an Outstanding Academic Title of the Year by Choice in 2015, this new edition includes two new chapters on Angelou's connections to Africa and on her final years
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