000934728 000__ 04153cam\a2200553\i\4500 000934728 001__ 934728 000934728 005__ 20210515193714.0 000934728 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000934728 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000934728 008__ 151110t20162016njua\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000934728 020__ $$z9780813570792 000934728 020__ $$z9780813570785 000934728 020__ $$z9780813570792 000934728 020__ $$a9780813570808 $$q(electronic book) 000934728 035__ $$a(MiAaPQ)EBC4620082 000934728 035__ $$a(Au-PeEL)EBL4620082 000934728 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr11242462 000934728 035__ $$a(OCoLC)956277985 000934728 040__ $$aMiAaPQ$$beng$$erda$$epn$$cMiAaPQ$$dMiAaPQ 000934728 043__ $$an-us-ny 000934728 050_4 $$aPS310.N4$$bH66 2016 000934728 0820_ $$a811/.5209928708996073$$223 000934728 1001_ $$aHoney, Maureen,$$d1945-$$eauthor. 000934728 24510 $$aAphrodite's daughters :$$bthree modernist poets of the Harlem Renaissance /$$cMaureen Honey. 000934728 264_1 $$aNew Brunswick, New Jersey :$$bRutgers University Press,$$c[2016] 000934728 264_4 $$c©2016 000934728 300__ $$a1 online resource (288 pages) :$$billustrations 000934728 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 000934728 337__ $$acomputer$$2rdamedia 000934728 338__ $$aonline resource$$2rdacarrier 000934728 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000934728 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000934728 520__ $$a"Aphrodite's Daughters brings to dramatic life three lyrical poets of the Harlem Renaissance whose work was among the earliest to display erotic passion as a source of empowerment for women. Angelina Weld Grimké, Gwendolyn B. Bennett, and Mae V. Cowdery are framed as bold pioneers whose verse opened new frontiers into women's sexuality at the dawn of a new century. Honey describes Grimké construction of a Sapphic deity inspiring acolytes to express forbidden same-sex desire while she outlines Bennett's exploration of sexual pleasure and pain and Cowdery's frank depiction of bisexual erotics. Grimké, Bennett, and Cowdery, she argues, embraced the lyric "I" as an expression of their modernity as artists, women, and participants in the New Negro Movement by highlighting the female body as a primary source of meaning, strength and transcendence. Honey juxtaposes each poet's creative work against her life writing, personal archive, and appearances in the black press. These new source materials dramatically illuminate verse that has largely appeared without its biographical context or modernist roots. Honey's highly nuanced bio-critical portraits of this unique cadre of New Negro poets reveal the fascinating complexity of their private lives, and she creates absorbing narratives for all three as they experienced sexual awakening in lesbian, heterosexual, and bisexual contexts. The vivid interplay between intimate, racial and artistic currents in their lives makes Aphrodite's Daughters a compelling story of three courageous women who dared to be sexually alive New Negro artists paving the way toward our own era. "--$$cProvided by publisher. 000934728 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000934728 60010 $$aGrimké, Angelina Weld,$$d1880-1958$$xCriticism and interpretation. 000934728 60010 $$aBennett, Gwendolyn,$$d1902-1981$$xCriticism and interpretation. 000934728 60010 $$aCowdery, Mae V.$$q(Mae Virginia),$$dapproximately 1909-1953$$xCriticism and interpretation. 000934728 650_0 $$aAmerican poetry$$xAfrican American authors$$xHistory and criticism. 000934728 650_0 $$aAmerican poetry$$xWomen authors$$xHistory and criticism. 000934728 650_0 $$aHarlem Renaissance. 000934728 650_0 $$aAfrican American poets$$y20th century. 000934728 650_0 $$aWomen poets, American$$y20th century. 000934728 650_0 $$aAfrican American women$$zNew York (State)$$zNew York$$xIntellectual life. 000934728 650_0 $$aModernism (Literature)$$zNew York (State)$$zNew York. 000934728 650_0 $$aAfrican American arts$$zNew York (State)$$zNew York$$y20th century. 000934728 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aHoney, Maureen.$$tAphrodite's daughters : three modernist poets of the Harlem Renaissance.$$dNew Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]$$z9780813570792 000934728 852__ $$bebk 000934728 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete $$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4620082$$zOnline Access 000934728 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:934728$$pGLOBAL_SET 000934728 980__ $$aEBOOK 000934728 980__ $$aBIB 000934728 982__ $$aEbook 000934728 983__ $$aOnline