The Shine Poems
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0807126667
ISBN-13
9780807126660
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
Imprint
Louisiana State University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 1st, 2001
Print length
64 Pages
Weight
272 grams
Dimensions
22.30 x 14.50 x 1.10 cms
Product Classification:
Poetry / poems by individual poetsPoetry by individual poets
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Shine is an African-American folk character who emerged after World War I. In this collection of poems, Forbes reinvents Shine, giving him a girlfriend and a child. The poems share the narrative threads of family relationships and personal and social history.
Shine is an African American folk character who emerged after World War I in toasts, blues, folk poetry, and children's rhymes. In his new book of poems, Calvin Forbes reinvents Shine, giving him a girlfriend, Glow, and a child, Shade. He renders the figure more melancholy and adds traces of the surreal and slapstick- accessories ""typical of the folk dibbling and dabbling as the tradition is passed along.""
While only the last quarter of The Shine Poems concern Shine, all of the poems reflect a similar sensibility. They share the narrative threads of family relationships and personal and social history while they test the full possibilities of colloquial language and speech rhythms in verse. With its songs, blues, and quick, witty epigrams, The Shine Poems is a collection clear, firm, funny, and playful even as it takes that inevitable turn in the road toward the somber.
While only the last quarter of The Shine Poems concern Shine, all of the poems reflect a similar sensibility. They share the narrative threads of family relationships and personal and social history while they test the full possibilities of colloquial language and speech rhythms in verse. With its songs, blues, and quick, witty epigrams, The Shine Poems is a collection clear, firm, funny, and playful even as it takes that inevitable turn in the road toward the somber.
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