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Forms of Contention

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Argues for the centrality of sonnet writing to African American poetry, focusing on significant sonnets, key anthologies, and critical debates about poetic form to show that the influence of black sonnet writers on each other challenges long-standing claims that sonnet writing is primarily a matter of European influence.

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Forms of Contention, Hollis Robbins

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2020
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English
Released
2020
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Paperback
Pages
264
ISBN10
0820357642
ISBN13
9780820357645
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Argues for the centrality of sonnet writing to African American poetry, focusing on significant sonnets, key anthologies, and critical debates about poetic form to show that the influence of black sonnet writers on each other challenges long-standing claims that sonnet writing is primarily a matter of European influence.