Bibliography: LQ6S4IEX

key	LQ6S4IEX
title	Racial Identity and the Patterns of Consolidation in the Poetry of Robert Hayden
author	Hatcher, John S.
authority control	John S. Hatcher
item type	Journal article
publication year	1990
date	1990
publication title	Journal of Bahá'í Studies
abstract note	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.
pages	35-46
issue	2
volume	3
language	English
manual tags	RELIGION; RACE; AFRICAN AMERICANS; POETRY; HAYDEN, ROBERT