Blue-Tail Fly - 9780814333235
Un libro in lingua di Vievee Francis edito da Wayne State Univ Pr, 2006
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The title of Blue-Tail Fly comes from an antebellum song commonly known as "Jimmy Crack Corn." The blue-tail fly is a supposedly insignificant creature that bites the horse that bucks and kills the master. In this collection, poet Vievee Francis gives voice to "outsiders"-from soldiers and common folk to leading political figures-who play the role of the blue-tail fly in the period of American history between the Mexican American War and the Civil War. Through a diverse range of styles, characters, and emotions, Francis's poems consider the demands of war, protest and resistance to it, and the cross-cultural exchanges of wartime.
More than a narrowly themed text, Blue-Tail Fly is a book of balances, weighing the give-and-take of people and cultures in the arena of war. For lovers of poetry and those interested in American history, Blue-Tail Fly will illustrate the complexities of the American past and future.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Blue-Tail Fly
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Vievee Francis
- Editore: Wayne State Univ Pr
- Collana: Wayne State Univ Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Aprile '06
- Genere: POETRY
- Argomenti : African American soldiers Poetry Mexican War, 1846-1848 Poetry
- Pagine: 77
- Dimensioni mm: 222 x 146 x 12
- ISBN-10: 0814333230
- EAN-13: 9780814333235