"Countee Cullen's poetry, like all great art, speaks for itself. But Gerald Early's introduction amplifies clarifies, and enriches, turning Cullen's voice into something strong and sharp enough to fracture glass. Only a brillianr scholar could tell us so much of Cullen's life and times, and only a brilliant writer could tell us so elegantly. Thanks to Early, Cullen's fine old wine has been decanted into crystal." --David Bradley "[Professor] Early reveals the complexities of {Countee] Cullen's intellectual and emotional ties both to the standard Western canon and to the African-American tradition. Imaginative and witty, yet free of the preciousness that characterizes so much contemporary writing in the field, [Early's introduction] is certain to delight those scholars seeking new perspectives on issues of current interest in African-American literature and culture." --Wilson J. Moses, Director of Afro-American Studies, Boston University Contents Introduction by Gerald Early from COLOR Yet do I marvel A song of praise Brown boy to brown girl A brown girl dead To a brown girl Black Magdalens Atlantic City waiter Tableau Simon the Cyrenian speaks Two who crossed a line [she crosses] Two who crossed a line [he crosses] Incident Saturday's child Pagan prayer Wisdom cometh with the years Fruit of the flower The shroud of color Heritage For a poet For my grandmother For a lady I know For an atheist For an evolutionist and his opponent For an anarchist For a pessimist For daughters of Magdalen For a mouthy woman For John Keats, apostle of beauty For Paul Laurence Dunbar For Joseph Conrad For myself If you should go Spring reminiscence She of the dancing feet sings Judas Iscariot The wise To John Keats, poet. At spring time Song of praise Harsh world that lashest me Requiescam from COPPER SUN From the dark tower Threnody for a brown girl Uncle Jim Colored blues singer Colors The litany of the dark people Pity the deep in love One day we played a game Variations on a theme A song of sour grapes Lament The love tree The wind bloweth where it listeth Thoughts in a zoo Two thoughts of death Love's way In spite of death Cor cordium Lines to my father Protest An epitaph Youth sings a song of rosebuds Hunger More than a fool's song Advice to a beauty Ultimatum At the wailing wall in Jerusalem To Endymion Epilogue from THE BLACK CHRIST AND OTHER POEMS To the three for whom the book Tribute That bright chimeric beast To an unknown poet Little sonnet to little friends Mood Counter mood Minutely hurt The foolish heart For Helen Keller Not Sacco and Vanzetti Self criticism A thorn forever in the breast The proud heart Therefore, adieu At a parting Dictum Bright bindings Black majesty Ghosts Song in spite of myself Nothing endures The street called crooked To certain critics The black Christ from THE MEDEA AND SOME POEMS After a visit Magnets Any human to another Only the polished skeleton To France Medusa Sonnet [1] Sonnet [2] Sonnet [3] To one not there Sonnet [4] Sonnet [5] Sonnet dialogue To France Death to the poor The cat Cats Scottsboro, too, is worth its song THE MEDEA THE BALLAD OF THE BROWN GIRL: AN OLD BALLAD RETOLD UNCOLLECTED POEMS Dear friends and gentle hearts Karenge ya marenge Christus natus est Apostrophe to the land To the swimmer Life's rendezvous I have a rendezvous with life La belle, la douce, la grande A Negro mother's lullaby Lines for a hospital Judas Iscariot (first version) From life to love Night rain Singing in the rain The poet ONE WAY TO HEAVEN ESSAYS AND SPEECHES The development of creative expression "The Dark Tower" column from Opportunity magazine, April 1928 The League of Youth address Countee Cullen to his friends Countee Cullen on French courtesy Countee Cullen in England Countee Cullen on miscegenation APPENDIX Prologue and Epilogue for The Medea James Baldwin, "Rendezvous with life: an interview with Countee Cullen" COUNTEE CULLEN BIBLIOGRAPHY źródło opisu: Anchor Books, 1991 źródło okładki: amazon.co.uk