The Transformative Poetics of Wanda Coleman's American Sonnets
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5246735 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Ryan (0000-0003-3768-2132), Jennifer D Ryan (0000-0001-9244-7851, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 415-429 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African American Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1062-4783 • E-ISSN: 1945-6182 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/afa.2015.0048 |
| OpenAlex | W2195319525 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
This article examines the recurring formal traits, themes, and political concerns motivating Wanda Coleman's 100-poem American Sonnets sequence. I argue that through her transformations of the sonnet form and her attention to current social issues, Coleman helps to define a new movement in experimental black poetics. Her work responds directly to poetic predecessors and contemporary writers while amassing a wide range of compositional strategies that both acknowledge her roots in the Black Arts Movement and mark out new creative ground
Aesthetics · Art · Literature · Poetics · Poetry · Politics · Sociology · Sonnet · The arts · Transformative learning · Visual arts · Law · Music History and Culture · Poetry Analysis and Criticism · Race, History, and American Society
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |