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Gwendolyn Brooks is one of the major American poets of this century and the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry (1950). Yet far less critical attention has focused on her work than on that of her peers. In this comprehensive biocritical study, Melhem -- hersel…
One of the major American black poets of this century, Brooks was the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in l950. Yet far less critical attention has focused on her work than on that of her peers. Melham traces the development of Brooks' poetry over four deca…