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Bloomsbury Studies in Critical Poetics publishes books on modern and contemporary poetry and poetics that explore the intersection of poetry with philosophy, linguistics, psychoanalysis, political and economic theory, protest and liberation movements, as well as other art forms, including prose. With a primary focus on texts written in English but including work from other languages, the series brings together leading and rising scholars from a diverse range of fields for whom poetry has become a vital element of their research.  \nEditorial Board:  \nHélène Aji, University of Paris Ouest-Nanterre, France Vincent Broqua, University of Paris 8-Vincennes/Saint Denis, France Olivier Brossard, University of Paris Est Marne La Vallée, France Daniel Kane, University of Sussex, UK Miriam Nichols, University of the Fraser Valley, Canada Peter Middleton, University of Southampton, UK Cristanne Miller, SUNY Buffalo, USA Aldon Nielsen, Pennsylvania State University, USA Stephen Ross, University of Warwick, UK; Editor, Wave Composition Richard Sieburth, New York University, USA Daniel Tiffany, University of Southern California, USA Steven G. Yao, Hamilton College, USA  \nTitles in the series include: A Black Arts Poetry Machine, David Grundy Affect, Psychoanalysis, and American Poetry, John Steen City Poems and American Urban Crisis, Nate Mickelson  \nLyric Pedagogy and Marxist-Feminism, Samuel Solomon Forthcoming titles:  \nQueer Troublemakers, Prudence Chamberlain  \nA Black Arts Poetry Machine  \nAmiri Baraka and the Umbra Poets  \nDavid Grundy  \nBLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC  \nBloomsbury Publishing Plc  \n50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP, UK  \n1385 Broadway, New York, NY 10018, USA BLOOMSBURY, BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC and the Diana logo are trademarks of  \nBloomsbury Publishing Plc  \nFirst published in Great Britain 2019  \nCopyright © David Grundy, 2019  \nDavid Grundy has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as Author of this work.  \nFor legal purposes the Acknowledgements on p. ix constitute an extension of this copyright page.  \nCover design: Eleanor Rose  \nCover image © Getty Images  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers.  \nEvery reasonable effort has been made to trace copyright holders of material reproduced in this book, but if any have been inadvertently overlooked the publishers would be glad to hear from them.  \nBloomsbury Publishing Plc does not have any control over, or responsibility for, any thirdparty websites referred to or in this book. All internet addresses given in this book were correct at the time of going to press. The author and publisher regret any inconvenience caused if addresses have changed or sites have ceased to exist, but can accept no responsibility for any such changes.  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nA catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.  \nISBN: HB: 978-1-3500-6196-5  \nePDF: 978-1-3500-6197-2  \neBook: 978-1-3500-6198-9  \nSeries: Bloomsbury Studies in Critical Poetics Typeset by Integra Software Services Pvt. Ltd.  \nTo find out more about our authors and books visit [www.bloomsbury.com](www.bloomsbury.com) and sign up for our newsletters.  \nContents  \nAbbreviations vii  \nAcknowledgements ix  \nIntroduction: Amiri Baraka, the Umbra Workshop and the Writing of Literary History 1  \nBaraka and Umbra 1  \n‘A populist modernism’?: Umbra and the politics of form 14  \n‘A conspiracy to blow up New York’ 22  \nBlack art","cbCaifflMljmEwYL","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifflMljmEwYL","pdf",3160813,281,"English","# Contents\n## Introduction: Amiri Baraka, the Umbra Workshop and the Writing of Literary History\n## Baraka and Umbra\n## ‘A populist modernism’?: Umbra and the politics of form\n## ‘A conspiracy to blow up New York’\n## Black arts legacies and chronologies of mourning\n## Chapter summaries and methodology\n## 1 ‘A Tale of Two Cities’: Umbra, Internationalism and the Death of Lumumba\n## 2 ‘Poems That Kill’: Amiri Baraka’s Magic Words\n## 3 ‘Space of a Nation’: David Henderson Writes the City\n## 4 Language, Violence and ‘the Collective Mind’: Calvin C. Hernton\n## 5 ‘Home Is Never Where You Were Born’: Calvin Hernton’s ‘Medicine Man’\n## 6 ‘Return to English Turn’: Tom Dent\n## 7 Memory and Myth in Lorenzo Thomas’s ‘The Bathers’\n## Notes\n## Bibliography\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What is the focus of this book?\",\"answer\":\"It studies how poetry engages political, social, erotic, and aesthetic discourses, with central attention to Amiri Baraka and the Umbra poets.\"},{\"question\":\"Which themes and disciplines does the series foreground?\",\"answer\":\"The study emphasizes the intersection of poetry with philosophy, linguistics, psychoanalysis, political and economic theory, and protest or liberation movements.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the book structured?\",\"answer\":\"The contents list an introduction, seven numbered chapters with specific literary and historical case studies, followed by notes, bibliography, and an index.\"}]","A Black Arts Poetry Machine - A Critical Poetics Series | PDF",1789770690,433]