HARLEM IN SHAKESPEARE AND SHAKESPEARE IN HARLEM: THE SONNETS OF CLAUDE MCKAY, COUNTEE CULLEN, LANGSTON HUGHES, AND GWENDOLYN BROOKS

This study responds to the need for an understanding of the relation of form and political critique within the sonnet form, and hopes to demonstrate that the sonnet can be used to effectively articulate the experience of racism, especially the Du Boisian concept of "double- consciousness,"...

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Main Author: Leitner, David J
Format: Others
Published: OpenSIUC 2015
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Online Access:https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1012
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2016&context=dissertations