Poetry from the Masters: The Pioneers

By: Hudson, Wade

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 Wheatley, 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933491892
• ISBN13: 9781933491899
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Just Us Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 9 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 4 and higher