{"product_id":"aphrodites-daughters-three-modernist-poets-of-the-harlem-renaissance-9780813570785","title":"Aphrodites Daughters  Three Modernist Poets of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Harlem Renaissance was a watershed moment for racial uplift, poetic innovation, sexual liberation, and female empowerment. \u003cem\u003eAphrodite's Daughters\u003c\/em\u003e introduces us to three amazing women who were at the forefront of all these developments, poetic iconoclasts who pioneered new and candidly erotic forms of female self-expression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Honey has made a remarkable case for the restoration and addition of these three remarkable women in to their rightful place in the canon.\" * Gay \u0026amp; Lesbian Review Worldwide *\u003cbr\u003e\"In this biographical and critical study, Honey focuses on three poets she introduced to many with her groundbreaking anthology \u003ci\u003eShadowed Dreams: Women’s Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e ... Each poet is treated separately and chronologically, and the poems are examined in the context of the writer’s life and of the limits placed on educated, talented women in the early part of the 20th century ... Highly recommended.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"An excellent book on a trio of under-read and often misunderstood poets. Maureen Honey's portrait of this unique cadre of modernists reveals the fascinating conflicts of politics and poetics that exemplify the Harlem Renaissance's artistic production.\" -- Cherene Sherrard-Johnson * author of Dorothy West's Paradise: A Biography of Class and Color *\u003cbr\u003e\"Maureen Honey’s archival research and critical acumen transform our understanding of Gwendolyn Bennett, Mae Cowdery, and Angelina Grimké, poets who explored their interior and erotic lives with deft lyricism and uncommon courage.\" -- Cheryl A. Wall * author of Women of the Harlem Renaissance *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           List of Illustrations           Acknowledgments1         The Lyric Poetry of Angelina Weld Grimké, Gwendolyn B. Bennett, and Mae V. Cowdery2         Angelina Weld Grimké’s Sapphic Temple of Desire3         Harlem’s Phoenix: Gwendolyn B. Bennett4        Shattered Mirror: The Failed Promise of Mae V. Cowdery           Epilogue           Appendix A: List of Published Poetry           Appendix B: Selected List of Unpublished Poetry           Notes           Bibliography           Index ","brand":"MW - Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038421549399,"sku":"9780813570785","price":29.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813570785.jpg?v=1750940278","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/aphrodites-daughters-three-modernist-poets-of-the-harlem-renaissance-9780813570785","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}