Counter-Hegemonic Hegemonic Writing: Heroic Epic Tradition and the Postwar Black Female Subjectivity in Gwendolyn Brooks' "The Anniad".

The article critiques the 1949 book "Annie Allen," by African American author Gwendolyn Brooks. Topics discussed include the way the book depicted the life journey of an African American girl in Chicago, Illinois from youth to adulthood, the reconfiguration of the normative values of literary tradit...

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Publicado en:	Women's Studies Vol. 51; no. 7; pp. 744 - 763
Autor principal:	Park, Seoyoung
Formato:	Literary Criticism
Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Oct/Nov2022
Materias:	Annie Allen (Book) Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000 20th century American literature African American girls Girls in literature Anniad, The (Poem) Aeneid 21st century (Literary period)
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Sumario:	The article critiques the 1949 book "Annie Allen," by African American author Gwendolyn Brooks. Topics discussed include the way the book depicted the life journey of an African American girl in Chicago, Illinois from youth to adulthood, the reconfiguration of the normative values of literary tradition by Brooks which has been evident in the epic poem "The Anniad," featured in the book, and the allusion offered by Brooks to Virgil's epic poem "Aeneid."