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In a Minor Chord: Three Afro-American Writers and Their Search for Identity

Book by Darwin T. Turner; Southern Illinois University Press, 1971

Subjects:

African Americans In Literature, American Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism, Cullen, Countee--1903-1946--Criticism And Interpretation, Hurston, Zora Neale--Criticism And Interpretation, Identity (Psychology) In Literature, Literature--Psychological Aspects, Toomer, Jean--1894-1967--Criticism And Interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...1 2 Countee Cullen: The Lost Ariel 60...passing reference to Dunbar, Hughes, Countee Cullen, or various other black poets...of understanding to his discussion of Countee Cullen 1903-46 "the lost Ariel" and...
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Black Culture and the Harlem Renaissance

Book by Cary D. Wintz; Rice University Press, 1988

Subjects:

African American Arts--New York (State)--New York, African Americans In Literature, African Americans--Intellectual Life, American Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, American Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism, American Literature--New York (State)--New York--History And Criticism, Harlem Renaissance

Collections: Literature, Entire Library
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African American Authors, 1745-1945: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook

Book by Emmanuel S. Nelson; Greenwood Press, 2000

Subjects:

African American Authors--Biography--Dictionaries, African Americans In Literature--Dictionaries, American Literature--African American Authors--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, American Literature--African American Authors--Dictionaries

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

There has been a dramatic resurgence of interest in early African American writing. The works of dozens of 18th and early 20th century black writers have been recovered and reprinted; there has been a significant revival of interest in the Harlem Renaissance; and several major assessments of 18th ...
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There has been a dramatic resurgence of interest in early African American writing. The works of dozens of 18th and early 20th century black writers have been recovered and reprinted; there has been a significant revival of interest in the Harlem Renaissance; and several major assessments of 18th and 19th century African American literature have recently been published. This reference book provides alphabetically arranged entries for 78 African American writers active between 1745 and 1945. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a summary of the critical response to the author, and primary and secondary bibliographies. A selected, general bibliography concludes the volume.
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Black American Poets and Dramatists of the Harlem Renaissance

Book by Harold Bloom; Chelsea House, 1995

Subjects:

African Americans In Literature, American Literature--20th Century--Bio-Bibliography, American Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, American Literature--African American Authors--Bio-Bibliography, American Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism, Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Intellectual Life--20th Century, Harlem Renaissance, Poetry

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Brown 16 Countee Cullen 31...Life of the Author. Introduction COUNTEE CULLEN, introducing his anthology...receptive to formal control than our own. Countee Cullen already seems undervalued, as does...
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New Voices on the Harlem Renaissance: Essays on Race, Gender, and Literary Discourse

Book by Australia Tarver, Paula C. Barnes; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2006

Subjects:

African Americans In Literature, African Americans--New York (State)--New York--Intellectual Life, American Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, American Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism, American Literature--New York (State)--New York--History And Criticism, Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Intellectual Life--20th Century, Harlem Renaissance

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...GRANVILLE GANTER No Heaven in Harlem: Countee Cullen and His Diasporic Doubles 214...City Waiter, To a Brown Girl, by Countee Cullen. Published in Color 1925 by Harper...Advice to a Beauty, Hun- ger, by Countee Cullen. Published in Copper Sun 1927...

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Journal Articles on: Countee

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"The Singing Man Who Must Be Reckoned With": Private Desire and Public Responsibility in the Poetry of Countee Cullen

Journal article; African American Review, Vol. 34, 2000

Subjects:

African American poets--Criticism, interpretation, etc., American poetry--African American authors, Cullen, Countee--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Desire--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Lyric poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Responsibility in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Public Responsibility in the Poetry of Countee Cullen. His lyric gift was incontestable...primitive and atavistic motifs than the poet Countee Cullen. It is a bit ironic, because none...161) In working up to writing about Countee Cullen, I found it difficult to read very...
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Cullen, Keats, and the Privileged Liar

Journal article by David E. Goldweber; Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 38, 2002

Subjects:

American poetry--African American authors, Cullen, Countee--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Harlem Renaissance--Personalities, Keats, John--Influence, Truthfulness and falsehood--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...well known that Harlem Renaissance poet Countee Cullen had great esteem for English Romantic...studies with Rollins. David F. Dorsey ("Countee Cullens Use of Greek Mythology." College...Baltimore: Penguin, 1968. Crimeau, Ronald. "Countee Cullen and Keatss Vale of Soul-Making...
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In My Flesh Shall I See God: Ritual Violence and Racial Redemption in "The Black Christ"

Journal article by Qiana Whitted; African American Review, Vol. 38, 2004

Subjects:

African American poetry--Criticism and interpretation, American poetry--African American authors, American poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Cullen, Countee--Criticism and interpretation, The Black Christ (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Entire Library

...Christ") The frontispiece of Countee Cullens 1929 The Black Christ Other...ambiguities that emerge in the verses by Countee Cullen that follow it. The frontispiece...Christ" remain generally dissatisfied with Countee Cullens engagement with these questions...
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Cullen's Yet Do I Marvel

Journal article by Fred M. Fetrow; The Explicator, Vol. 56, 1998

Subjects:

American Literature--History And Criticism, English Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Cullens YET DO I MARVEL Countee Cullens best known poem, "Yet Do I Marvel...Yet Do I Marvel" by Countee Cullen from My Souls High Song: The Collected Writings of Countee Cullen, Voice of the Harlem Renaissance...
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African American and Francophone Black Intellectuals during the Harlem Renaissance

Journal article by Kenneth R. Janken; The Historian, Vol. 60, 1998

Subjects:

Harlem Renaissance--Social aspects, Intellectuals--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Langston Hughes was no stranger, either. Countee Cullen dropped by one summer night in...successful lawyer and physician in Paris. Countee Cullens poems appeared in the pages of...the poetry of Georgia Douglas Johnson, Countee Cullen, and Hughes translated into German...

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Magazine Articles on: Countee

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After Martin Bernal and Mary Lefkowitz: Research Opportunities in Classica Africana

Magazine article by Michele Valerie Ronnick; Negro History Bulletin, Vol. 60, April 1997

Subjects:

African American scholars--Practice, Classical education--Study and teaching

Collections: History, Education, Entire Library

...Preachers, and Artists in America Countee Cullen (1903-1946) and the Classics(6) Born with the name of Countee Leroy, Cullen lived most of his early...Civic Ideal;" Edmund Cueva, "The Medea of Countee Cullen;" Michele Valerie Ronnick, "William...
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Being Seen and Heard: African American Documentation Initiatives in Iowa and Minnesota

Magazine article by Kathryn M. Neal; Negro History Bulletin, January 2001

Subjects:

African Americans--History, African Americans--Political activity, Historic documents--Management, Iowa--Demographic aspects, Iowa--History, Minnesota--Demographic aspects, Minnesota--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...that Brown had been a childhood friend of Countee Cullen, a poet who rose to prominence...decided to save the poems and letters. Countee Cullens personal papers are spread among...Minneapolis: T.S. Denison, 1961). (13) Countee Cullen to William Fuller Brown, 26 December...
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First We Take Manhattan, Then We Take Berlin: Bonhoeffer's New York

Magazine article by Scott Holland; Cross Currents, Vol. 50, Fall 2000

Subjects:

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich--Biography, Theologians--Biography

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...collected poetry of Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen, poets of the Harlem Renaissance...calling "the blackness of the Gospel." Countee Cullens collection Copper Sun was on the...Art Forum (April 2000) 31-35. (4.) Countee Cullen, "Copper Sun," in Gerald Early...
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Homing Instinct

Magazine article by Margaret Busby; New Statesman, Vol. 134, May 30, 2005

Subjects:

Black Gold of the Sun: Searching for Home in England and Africa (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...for home in England and Africa Ekow Eshun Hamish Hamilton, 230pp, pounds sterling17.99 In the 1920s, the American poet Countee Cullen asked: What is Africa to me: Copper sun or scarlet sea...
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Recent & Relevant

Magazine article; American Visions, Vol. 11, August 1996

Subjects:

American poetry--African American authors, Books--Evaluation

Collections: Entire Library

...Faith Jaycox (Crown. 1996. $10) - Works by literary figures Phillis Wheatley, Maya Angelou, Sterling Brown, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen) are contained within, and poems by social and political figures (Martin Luther King Jr., Bessie Smith) are included...

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Newspaper Articles on: Countee

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Donations Sought to Help Residents Displaced by Fire

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 18, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...been lots of contributions," said JoEllen Countee, spokeswoman for the D.C. Homeland Security...estimated to be more than $20 million. Ms. Countee said that some of the 86 displaced families...the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Ms. Countee said the agency is working with city school...
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Water Filters Are on the Way; City Equips the Vulnerable

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 8, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...than 6, city officials said. JoEllen Countee, a spokeswoman for the D.C. Emergency...filters delivered by next month. Mrs. Countees office currently has about 2,400 filters...line when we opened at 10 a.m.," Mrs. Countee said. "We had a translator to handle non-English...
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Super Bowl Ads Score as Hip, Fail as Messenger

Newspaper article by Jennifer Harper; The Washington Times, February 2, 2000

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...have had to pick up the pieces. Thomas Countee Jr. of the National Spinal Cord Injury...hoped a cure had been found," said Mr. Countee, himself a 42-year survivor of a spinal...that this was just a commercial," Mr. Countee said. "There is a fine line between motivating...
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It Was Sweltering, but Relief Is in Sight; 94 Degrees Ties Record at Dulles before Welcome Cool Front Arrives

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 20, 2007

Subjects:

Airports

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...showers and the opening of four cooling centers, said JoEllen Countee, a spokeswoman for the D.C. Department of Homeland Security...index yesterday was 101. "We did activate Monday as well," Mrs. Countee said. "We werent certain the heat index was going to hit the...
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Expect to Sweat for 2 More Days; Forecasters Say Cooler Front to Arrive by Thursday

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 10, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...goes into effect when the heat index reaches 95, said JoEllen Countee, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security and...hours so homeless people could stay inside during the day, Mrs. Countee said. The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) yesterday observed...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: Countee

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Cullen, Countee

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

CULLEN, COUNTEE koun te , 1903 46, American poet, b. New York City, grad. New York Univ. 1925, M.A. Harvard, 1926. A major writer of the Harlem...
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Harlem

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...home of such Harlem Renaissance authors as Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Zora Neale Hurston. In East Harlem, a largely Italian...part of the New York Public Library), which is adjacent to the Countee Cullen branch of the Library. Harlem today is a depressed economic...
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Harlem Renaissance

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...white readership. Writers associated with the Harlem Renaissance include Arna Bontemps, Langston Hughes , Claude McKay , Countee Cullen , James Weldon Johnson , Zora Neale Hurston , and Jean Toomer . Visual artists connected with the movement are...
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American Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...forward, casting off the sweet melodies of Paul Lawrence Dunbar and speaking of social oppression and pervasive prejudice. Countee Cullen , James Weldon Johnson , Claude McKay , Zora Neale Hurston , and Langston Hughes in the 1920s and 30s were...

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