Religious allusion in the poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks

Description:

"This book highlights Brooks' use of the sermon genre, and her parallels between Christianity and Democracy. The work opens with a biographical chapter and Brooks' comments on religion, followed by analyses of her long poems, and more than thirty of her short ones. An interview with Nora Brooks Blakely about Brooks' religious background and philosophy is included"--Provided by publisher.

subjects: Religion,  Democracy in literature,  Literature and society,  Christianity in literature,  Sermons in literature,  History,  Political and social views,  American poetry, women authors,  American poetry, history and criticism, 21st century

People: Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)

Places: United States

Times: 20th century