Fifty Years & Other Poems
Author | : James Weldon Johnson |
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Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Poetry |
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Author | : James Weldon Johnson |
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Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Poetry |
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Author | : James Weldon Johnson |
Publisher | : Graphic Arts Books |
Total Pages | : 87 |
Release | : 2021-05-11 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 1513295594 |
Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917) is a collection of poems by James Weldon Johnson. Although less popular than his book God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927), Johnson’s second poetry collection showcases his talents as a rising star of African American literature. Including some poems that would be featured in The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922), an influential anthology compiled and edited by the poet himself, Fifty Years and Other Poems remains essential to Johnson’s legacy as a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance. “Fifty Years” opens the collection with an ode to emancipation, a starting point from which millions of men, women, and children were given the opportunity, however fragile it was, to pursue better lives. Rather than give thanks for freedom granted, however, Johnson implores his fellow Black Americans to remain proud, assured that liberty is their hard-earned right: “This land is ours by right of birth, / This land is ours by right of toil; / We helped to turn its virgin earth, / Our sweat is in its fruitful soil.” Hopeful and resilient, Johnson reflects on his own place in this history of struggle, paying particular heed to his status as a poet, his ability to sing despite centuries of violent oppression. In his poem “O Black and Unknown Bards,” he asks “O black and unknown bards of long ago, / How came your lips to touch the sacred fire?” Recognizing the need for a reconciliation between the long tradition of black culture and the overwhelming erasure of his own contemporary artists, Johnson highlights the efforts of those poets such as himself, who “Within [their] dark-kept soul[s], burst into song.” >With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of James Weldon Johnson’s Fifty Years and Other Poems is a classic of African American literature reimagined for modern readers.
Author | : James Weldon Johnson |
Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2006 |
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ISBN | : 1442929022 |
Author | : James Weldon Johnson |
Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2006 |
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ISBN | : 1442929049 |
Author | : James Weldon Johnson |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 111 |
Release | : 2015-06-15 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 9781330083062 |
Excerpt from Fifty Years an Other Poems For permission to reprint certain poems in this book thanks are due to the editors and proprietors of the Century Magazine, the Independent, the Crisis, The New York Times, and the following copyright holders, G. Ricordi and Company, G. Schirmer and Company, and Joseph W. Stern and Company. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : James Weldon Johnson |
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Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 2020-12-20 |
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Fifty Years and Other Poems James Weldon Johnson
Author | : James Weldon Johnson |
Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Audiobooks |
ISBN | : 1442929030 |
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Release | : 1921 |
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Author | : James Johnson |
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Total Pages | : 41 |
Release | : 2021-08-12 |
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Fifty years and other poems From James Weldon Johnson
Author | : Academy Of American Poets |
Publisher | : Laurel |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 1995-08-01 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 0440218772 |
Seer, critic, lover, madwoman--the poet's sensibility gives us a chance to experience them all. This rich, wide-ranging collection of work by scores of America's contemporary poets brings you both wisdom and entertainment in short verse. In it are represented, with one poem each, the chancellors, fellows, and award winners of the Academy of American Poets since 1934. The result is a unique sampler of the various literary styles and themes that have left their marks on the past five decades. Fifty Years of American Poetry gives readers the opportunity to hear familiar voices and new ones--and encounter the great American poems that have captured both our minds and our hearts. The Academy of American Poets has as its stated purpose ''To encourage, stimulate, and foster the production of American poetry..." This was never limited to poets of any particular school, method, or category of poetry so this anthology is as representative a cross-section of American poetry in the last 50 years as any of its kind. The Academy is not a stodgy eastem provincial institution. It encourages young poets, recognizes the importance of change and growth in the poetry of America, and believes that poetry is not for poets only. This anthology was compiled on this basis. Fifty Years Of American Poetry is not only educational, but also inspirational, hopefully imbuing everyone who reads it with a sense of the dynamic and development of American poetry in the last half century. The Academy of American Poets is the only institution which could compile such a unique anthology because it is the oniy group which has consistently played a large part in the American poetry scene through its patronage to poets and its mission to make poetry an accessible and vital part of the American literary landscape. -->