Robert B Stepto
Biographic Data
| ID | 1024261 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert B Stepto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert B |
| FAMILY NAME | Stepto |
| SIGNATURE | STEPTO R B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wollongong |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 22 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Scenes of Instruction
Mendez
My father's name was Alfred Mendez. He was descended from the Mendezes on the southside of Chicago, all of whom had names like Mercedes, Pedro, Maria, Carlos, even Javiar and Concepcion. Indeed, Alfred had been christened Alfredo. But the Mendezes weren't Spanish or Cuban, which were identities they cultivated, nor were they Cape Verdean, an identity they shunned. They were just brown-tinged New World people with roots no closer to Mexico than Ho…
Blue as the Lake
When de Saint Go Ma'ching Home
“When De Saint Go Ma’Chin’ Home”: Sterling Brown’s Blueprint for a New Negro Poetry * ** Robert Stepto (bio) Perhaps it is fitting in celebrating Sterling Brown’s eightieth birthday and career of great achievement to turn once again to his first published poem, “When de Saints Go Ma’ching Home.” 1 It is a Big Boy Davis poem—“the guitar-plunkin” singer of marching saints is Big Boy—and it is the only “Big Boy” poem specifically dedicated to him. 2…
Hyde Park
Hyde Park Robert Stepto (bio) All my flights from the East to Chicago end this way. After an indifferent run across uniform southern Michigan farmland, we burst upon the blue expanse of Lake Michigan, momentarily as big as any sea one must cross to get to a place completely unknown. Then the pilot comes on the intercom: we’re descending, we’re arriving soon, the wind is windy, the Cubs are losing, have a good day. Some passengers moan and wonder:…
Black Piano
I Rose and Found My Voice
From behind the veil
From Idlewild and Other Seasons
Let's Call Your Mama and Other Lies About Michael S. Harper
Selected Poems of Jay Wright
Mythic Black Fiction
The Aching Prodigal
Chant of Saints
Witnessing Slavery
Afro-American Literature
Chant of Saints
Afro-American Literature
Afro-American Literature Reinterpreted
Afro-American Literature
Journal Article Afro-American Literature: The Reconstruction of Instruction. Ed. Dexter Fisher and Robert B. Stepto. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1979, viii and 256 pp. Get access Afro-American Literature: The Reconstruction of Instruction. Ed. Dexter Fisher Robert B. Stepto. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1979, viii and 256 pp. Stewart Rodnon Stewart Rodnon Rider College Search for other works by t…
The Birth of a Black New Criticism
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Afro-American Literature
Journal Article Afro-American Literature: The Reconstruction of Instruction. Ed. Dexter Fisher and Robert B. Stepto. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1979, viii and 256 pp. Get access Afro-American Literature: The Reconstruction of Instruction. Ed. Dexter Fisher Robert B. Stepto. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1979, viii and 256 pp. Stewart Rodnon Stewart Rodnon Rider College Search for other works by t…
The Birth of a Black New Criticism
Witnessing Slavery
Afro-American Literature
Chant of Saints
Afro-American Literature
Afro-American Literature Reinterpreted
Chant of Saints
The Aching Prodigal
Mythic Black Fiction
Selected Poems of Jay Wright
Let's Call Your Mama and Other Lies About Michael S. Harper
From behind the veil
From Idlewild and Other Seasons
I Rose and Found My Voice
Black Piano
Hyde Park
Hyde Park Robert Stepto (bio) All my flights from the East to Chicago end this way. After an indifferent run across uniform southern Michigan farmland, we burst upon the blue expanse of Lake Michigan, momentarily as big as any sea one must cross to get to a place completely unknown. Then the pilot comes on the intercom: we’re descending, we’re arriving soon, the wind is windy, the Cubs are losing, have a good day. Some passengers moan and wonder:…
When de Saint Go Ma'ching Home
“When De Saint Go Ma’Chin’ Home”: Sterling Brown’s Blueprint for a New Negro Poetry * ** Robert Stepto (bio) Perhaps it is fitting in celebrating Sterling Brown’s eightieth birthday and career of great achievement to turn once again to his first published poem, “When de Saints Go Ma’ching Home.” 1 It is a Big Boy Davis poem—“the guitar-plunkin” singer of marching saints is Big Boy—and it is the only “Big Boy” poem specifically dedicated to him. 2…
Blue as the Lake
Scenes of Instruction
Mendez
My father's name was Alfred Mendez. He was descended from the Mendezes on the southside of Chicago, all of whom had names like Mercedes, Pedro, Maria, Carlos, even Javiar and Concepcion. Indeed, Alfred had been christened Alfredo. But the Mendezes weren't Spanish or Cuban, which were identities they cultivated, nor were they Cape Verdean, an identity they shunned. They were just brown-tinged New World people with roots no closer to Mexico than Ho…
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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