Do not separate her from her garden : Anne Spencer's ecopoetics /

During the New Negro Renaissance, critics dismissed Anne Spencer's nature-filled writing as apolitical and raceless, but this study shows how she uses the natural world in innovative ways to express her Black womanhood, feminist politics, spirituality and worldview. Using ecopoetics as an analy...

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Main Author:	Ferrari, Carlyn Ena, 1984- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2022].
Subjects:	Spencer, Anne, > 1882-1975 > Criticism and interpretation. Spencer, Anne, > 1882-1975 > Philosophy. Spencer, Anne, > 1882-1975 > Homes and haunts. Nature in literature. Ecology in literature. Feminism in literature. American literature > African American authors > History and criticism. American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.

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Summary:	During the New Negro Renaissance, critics dismissed Anne Spencer's nature-filled writing as apolitical and raceless, but this study shows how she uses the natural world in innovative ways to express her Black womanhood, feminist politics, spirituality and worldview. Using ecopoetics as an analytical framework, Do Not Separate Her from Her Garden centers Spencer's archive of ephemeral writings to demonstrate her artistry, and, through analyses of works by Alice Walker, Zora Neale Hurston and Dionne Brand, the author invites further exploration of Black women's natural world writing.
Physical Description:	xi, 155 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780813948768 0813948762 9780813948775 0813948770