{"product_id":"black-saturation-selected-works-of-stephen-e-henderson-paperback","title":"Black Saturation: Selected Works of Stephen E. Henderson - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHazel Arnett Ervin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eE. Ethelbert Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePhillip M. Richards\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommitted to developing frameworks for defining and evaluating Black poetry, literary scholar Stephen E. Henderson (1925-1997) examined the question: What makes a poem \u003ci\u003eBlack\u003c\/i\u003e? In his critical approach, Henderson prioritized form but not at the expense of source, function, or context, and, in so doing, developed convincing theoretical frameworks for examining African American lyric expressions, especially that of Black Arts poets. \u003ci\u003eBlack Saturation: Selected Works of Stephen E. Henderson\u003c\/i\u003e is designed to expand and enrich understandings of Henderson's critical corpus by showcasing many of his most essential essays, presentations, and syllabi in a standalone volume. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Henderson deftly conceptualized the ways in which aesthetic innovations were interwoven with revolutionary exigencies--a marriage of poetry and politics that became a hallmark of the 1960s and '70s. While other critics often ignored or fumbled to construct an adequate rubric for evaluating and celebrating Black Arts poetry--penned by Amiri Baraka, Carolyn Rodgers, Sonia Sanchez, Jayne Cortez, Mari Evans, Sarah Webster Fabio, Haki Madhubuti, and Larry Neal, among many others--Henderson constellated a triad of interdependent characteristics (structure, theme, and saturation) through which he examined Black literature in general and poetry in particular. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Revisiting Henderson's scholarship in the third decade of the twenty-first century allows us, on the one hand, to further appreciate his imprint on current scholarship about Black literature, especially poetry, and, on the other, to introduce contemporary students and scholars to his salient theoretical frameworks, not to mention his persuasive critical style.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHazel Arnett Ervin\u003c\/b\u003e is author of \u003ci\u003eAfrican American Literary Criticism, 1773-2000\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of African American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e; and several books on Ann Petry's biography, bibliography, and criticism. \u003cb\u003eE. Ethelbert Miller\u003c\/b\u003e is author of the poetry baseball trilogy, \u003ci\u003eIf God Invented Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhen Your Wife Has Tommy John Surgery\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHow I Found Love Behind the Catcher's Mask\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003ePhillip M. Richards\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of English at Colgate University. He is author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Heart: The Moral Life of Recent African American Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, and he contributed to \u003ci\u003eReconstructing History: The Emergence of a New Historical Society\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eEmily Ruth Rutter\u003c\/b\u003e is associate dean of the Honors College and professor of English at Ball State University. She is author of \u003ci\u003eInvisible Ball of Dreams: Literary Representations of Baseball behind the Color Line\u003c\/i\u003e, published by University Press of Mississippi, and \u003ci\u003eThe Blues Muse: Race, Gender, and Musical Celebrity in American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. Along with Tiffany Austin, Sequoia Maner, and darlene anita scott, she coedited \u003ci\u003eRevisiting the Elegy in the Black Lives Matter Era\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 214\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 26, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52702140891443,"sku":"9781496855091","price":61.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/G1k-ko9d4P9781496855091.webp?v=1763294167","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/black-saturation-selected-works-of-stephen-e-henderson-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}