Bibliography: BIB16876

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reference type	Journal Article
title	Racial Identity and the Patterns of Consolidation in the Poetry of Robert Hayden
journal	Journal of Bahá'í Studies
author	Hatcher, John S.
authority control	John S. Hatcher
year	1990
date	1990
issue	2
volume	3
abstract	Few critics have given Robert Hayden's poetry the careful reading it deserves and demands. As a result, his work has almost inevitably been misinterpreted and misunderstood. A more significant result is that the dramatic tension in his work has often been mistaken for personal ambivalence and confusion with regard to both his ethnic identity and his beliefs as a Bahá'í. However, an accurate and careful reading of his work in light of the unmistakably clear allusions in his poetry to his beliefs as a Bahá'í reveal neither ambivalence nor confusion, but a clear pattern of consolidation that unites both of these points of view.
language	English
keywords	HAYDEN, ROBERT; POETRY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; RACE; RELIGION
pages	35–46