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Publication Date: 1973
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Wit and Irony in Militant Black Poetry
Sheffey, Ruthe
Black World, 22, 8, 14-21, Jun 73
Explores the thesis that the terror of militant poetry is mitigated by one step taken backward from the abyss of despair, a retreat into the saving grace of laughter, analyzing poetry by Mari Evans, Dudley Randall, Don L. Lee, Mikki Giovanni, and other young militant black poets. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Activism, Black Community, Black Literature, Blacks, Fine Arts, Literary Mood, Literary Perspective, Poetry, Poets, Satire
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