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A clerihew (/ ˈ k l ɛr ɪ h j uː /) is a whimsical, four-line biographical poem of a type invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley.The first line is the name of the poem's subject, usually a famous person, and the remainder puts the subject in an absurd light or reveals something unknown or spurious about the subject.
Children. 2. Richard Nathaniel Wright (September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960) was an American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerns racial themes, especially related to the plight of African Americans during the late 19th to mid 20th centuries suffering discrimination and violence.
1961. "The Man Who Was Almost a Man," also known as " Almos' a Man," is a short story by Richard Wright. It was originally published in 1940 in Harper's Bazaar magazine, [1] and again in 1961 as part of Wright's compilation Eight Men. The story centers on Dave, a 17-year-old young African-American farm worker who is struggling to declare his ...
John Edmund Bentley. (father) Edmund Clerihew Bentley (10 July 1875 – 30 March 1956), who generally published under the names E. C. Bentley or E. Clerihew Bentley, was an English novelist and humorist, and inventor of the clerihew, an irregular form of humorous verse on biographical topics.
Native Son. Native Son (1940) is a novel written by the American author Richard Wright. It tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, a black youth living in utter poverty in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s. Thomas accidentally kills a white woman at a time when racism is at its peak and he pays the price for it.
The Oxford Clerihew examples, and all the Clerihews I have seen use a first line which is solely the subject's name. This is the main feature of the Clerihew. Otherwise it is merely a 4 line verse about a person, not a Clerihew. The uncited definition, which allows other words in the first line, is not generally accepted and certainly not in ...
1023739946. 12 Million Black Voices: A Folk History of the Negro in the United States[1] is a photodocumentary book with text by Richard Wright. The images were taken by the Farm Security Administration and selected by Edwin Rosskam. Viking Press first published the book in 1941, to relatively positive reviews, and it has since been analyzed by ...
Black Boy (1945) is a memoir by American author Richard Wright, detailing his upbringing. Wright describes his youth in the South: Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee, and his eventual move to Chicago, where he establishes his writing career and becomes involved with the Communist Party. Black Boy gained high acclaim in the United States ...