I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

2010-07-21
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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  • Author: Maya Angelou
  • Publisher: Random House
  • ISBN: 030747772X
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 289

Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”—James Baldwin From the Paperback edition.

I Know why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou

2010
I Know why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou

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  • Author: Mildred R. Mickle
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Literary Criticism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 308

Examines the individual author's entire body of work and on his/her single works of literature.

Mrs. Flowers

1986-01-01
Mrs. Flowers

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  • Author: Maya Angelou
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9781556280092
  • Category : African American women
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 32

Through her friendship with Mrs. Flowers, a cultured and gentle Black woman, Marguerite develops self-esteem and an appreciation for great literature.

Pog

2019-04-04
Pog

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  • Author: Padraig Kenny
  • Publisher: Chicken House
  • ISBN: 1912626012
  • Category : Juvenile Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 196

'One of a kind. Utterly fantastic.' Eoin Colfer on Tin David and Penny's strange new home is surrounded by forest. It's the childhood home of their mother, who's recently died. But other creatures live here ... magical creatures, like tiny, hairy Pog. He's one of the First Folk, protecting the boundary between the worlds. As the children explore, they discover monsters slipping through from the place on the other side of the cellar door. Meanwhile, David is drawn into the woods by something darker, which insists there's a way he can bring his mother back ...

You Will Hear Thunder

2017-08-14
You Will Hear Thunder

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  • Author: Anna Akhmatova
  • Publisher: Ohio University Press
  • ISBN: 0804040842
  • Category : Poetry
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 153

Anna Akhmatova lived through pre-revolution Russia, Bolshevism, and Stalinism. Throughout it all, she maintained an elegant, muscular style that could grab a reader by the throat at a moment’s notice. Defined by tragedy and beauty in equal measure, her poems take on romantic frustration and the pull of the sensory, and find power in the mundane. Above all, she believed that a Russian poet could only produce poetry in Russia. You Will Hear Thunder spans Akhmatova’s very early career into the early 1960s. These poems were written through her bohemian prerevolution days, her many marriages, the terror and privation of life under Stalin, and her later years, during which she saw her work once again recognized by the Soviet state. Intricately observed and unwavering in their emotional immediacy, these strikingly modern poems represent one of the twentieth century’s most powerful voices.

Maya Angelou's I Know why the Caged Bird Sings

1999
Maya Angelou's I Know why the Caged Bird Sings

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  • Author: Joanne M. Braxton
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
  • ISBN: 0195116070
  • Category : African American authors
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 178

With the continued expansion of the literary canon, multicultural works of modern literary fiction and autobiography have assumed an increasing importance for students and scholars of American literature. This exciting new series assembles key documents and criticism concerning these works that have so recently become central components of the American literature curriculum. Each casebook will reprint documents relating to the work's historical context and reception, present the best in critical essays, and when possible, feature an interview of the author. The series will provide, for the first time, an accessible forum in which readers can come to a fuller understanding of these contemporary masterpieces and the unique aspects of American ethnic, racial, or cultural experience that they so ably portray. Perhaps more than any other single text, Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings helped to establish the "mainstream" status of the renaissance in black women's writing. This casebook presents a variety of critical approaches to this classic autobiography, along with an exclusive interview with Angelou conducted specially for this volume and a unique drawing of her childhood surroundings in Stamps, Arkansas, drawn by Angelou herself.

CliffsNotes on Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

1992-11-24
CliffsNotes on Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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  • Author: Mary Robinson
  • Publisher: Cliffs Notes
  • ISBN: 9780822006411
  • Category : Literary Criticism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 74

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. Piqued by a dare, Angelou wrote this first book as an exercise in autobiography as art — and succeeded. Her novel is a story of the difficulties of black women and the eventual victory of spirit that comes from being a soulful fighter. CliffsNotes on I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings helps you explore this tale of rebirth, self-worth, and dignity. This concise supplement helps you understand the overall structure of the novel, actions and motivations of the characters, and the social and cultural perspectives of the author. Features that help you study include A close look at the author's life which offers insight into her writing A list of characters and their descriptions Summaries and commentaries, chapter by chapter Critical assessments of the novel and the television movie adaptation Glossaries to help you fully understand the novel Critical essays on women in the novel and Southern Fundamentalism A review section that tests your knowledge, and suggested essay topics Classic literature or modern modern-day treasure — you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

On the Pulse of Morning

1993
On the Pulse of Morning

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  • Author: Maya Angelou
  • Publisher: Random House (NY)
  • ISBN: 0679748385
  • Category : American poetry
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 34

A beautifully packaged hardcover edition of the poem that captivated the nation and quickly became a national bestseller. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Mary, Called Magdalene

2011-05-13
Mary, Called Magdalene

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  • Author: Margaret George
  • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
  • ISBN: 1447204751
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 900

Famously described as the 'Apostle to the Apostles', after her discovery of Jesus' resurrection, Mary has sparked curiosity, controversy and veneration since her name first appeared in the Gospel of Mark. But who was Mary Magdalene? Was she a prostitute, a goddess, a feminist icon, a church leader or all of these things? Using testaments, letters and narrative Margaret George brings to life one of the most mysterious and controversial characters in the bible, creating an epic that is both immediate and moving. 'Margaret George proves herself to be the very best when it comes to historical fiction. Her new novel is a gripping and moving story' Barbara Taylor Bradford

The Heart Of A Woman

2010-09-02
The Heart Of A Woman

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  • Author: Maya Angelou
  • Publisher: Hachette UK
  • ISBN: 0748122362
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 244

From the beloved and bestselling author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS, this memoir chronicles Maya Angelou's involvement with the civil rights movement. 'A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' BARACK OBAMA Maya Angelou's seven volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration. The fourth volume of her enthralling autobiography finds Maya Angelou immersed in the world of black writers and artists in Harlem, working in the civil rights movement with Martin Luther King Jr. 'She moved through the world with unshakeable calm, confidence and a fierce grace . . . She will always be the rainbow in my clouds' OPRAH WINFREY 'She was important in so many ways. She launched African American women writing in the United States. She was generous to a fault. She had nineteen talents - used ten. And was a real original. There is no duplicate' TONI MORRISON