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God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse

God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse

Johnson, James Weldon
Pardlo, Gregory

Paperback

Series: Penguin Classics

Literary CriticismBlack American StudiesGeneral Poetry

Publisher Price: $11.00

ISBN10: 0593468813
ISBN13: 9780593468814
Publisher: Vintage
Published: Feb 21 2023
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.80
Language: English
A Harlem Renaissance classic: seven inspirational poems inspired by the powerful rhetorical traditions of African-American sermons and spirituals.

James Weldon Johnson, the co-author of Lift Every Voice and Sing and author of The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, was a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance. In God's Trombones, one of his most celebrated works, the rich tradition of inspirational sermons by Black preachers are reimagined as poetry, reverberating with the musicality and splendid eloquence of the classic spirituals. This collection includes The Creation, The Prodigal Son, Go Down Death (A Funeral Sermon), Noah Built the Ark, The Crucifixion, Let My People Go, and The Judgment Day, and includes the remarkable original illustrations by artist Aaron Douglas.

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