Caroling dusk : an anthology of verse by Negro poets by Countee Cullen
"Caroling Dusk: An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets" by Countee Cullen is an anthology of poetry written in the early 20th century. It assembles established and emerging African American voices to showcase the breadth of themes, forms, and aesthetics flourishing during the Harlem Renaissance. Framed by brief biographical notes, the selections highlight a living tradition that stretches from Paul Laurence Dunbar to a rising generation, emphasizing both literary craft and cultural
self-definition. The opening of the anthology presents acknowledgments followed by a substantial foreword in which the editor situates the collection within the Negro artistic “renaissance,” rejects the notion of a single “Negro school” of poetry, notes the decline of dialect verse, and stresses variety within the English-language tradition. A contents list leads into self-written biographical notes and poems, beginning with Paul Laurence Dunbar (including “We Wear the Mask” and “Sympathy”), then Joseph S. Cotter, Sr., James Weldon Johnson (notably the sermonic “The Creation”), W. E. B. Du Bois’s lament “A Litany of Atlanta,” and William Stanley Braithwaite’s brief lyrics. Subsequent pages introduce assertive and contemplative work by J. E. McCall (“The New Negro”), Angelina Weld Grimké, Anne Spencer, Mary Effie Lee Newsome, John Frederick Matheus, Fenton Johnson, Jessie Fauset, and Alice Dunbar Nelson, blending themes of nature, love, urban life, protest, and spiritual seeking. The excerpt closes as Georgia Douglas Johnson’s biographical note and early poems foreground service, hope, and resilience. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Editor | Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946 |
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| LoC No. | 27023175 |
| Title | Caroling dusk : an anthology of verse by Negro poets |
| Original Publication | New York: Harper & Row, 1927. |
| Contents | Paul Lawrence Dunbar -- Joseph S. Cotton, Sr. -- James Weldon Johnson -- William Edward Burghardt du Bois -- Wiliam Stanley Braithwaite -- James Edward McCall -- Angelina Weld Grimké -- Anne Spencer -- Mary Effie Lee Newsome -- John Frederick Matheus -- Fenton Johnson -- Jessie Fauset -- Alice Dunbar Nelson -- Georgia Douglas Johnson -- Claude McKay -- Jean Toomer -- Joseph S. Cotter, Jr. -- Blanche Taylor Dickinson -- Frank Horne -- Lewis Alexander -- Sterling A. Brown -- Clarissa Scott Delany -- Langston Hughes -- Gwendolyn B. Bennett -- Arna Bontemps -- Albert Rice -- Countee Cullen -- Donald Jeffrey Hayes -- Jonathan Henderson Brooks -- Gladys May Casely Hayford -- Lucy Ariel Williams -- George Leonard Allen -- Richard Bruce -- Waring Cuney -- Edward S. Silvera -- Helene Johnson -- Wesley Curtwright -- Lula Lowe Weeden. |
| Credits | Carla Foust, Aaron Adrignola, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | American poetry -- African American authors |
| Subject | African Americans -- Poetry |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 76889 |
| Release Date | Sep 16, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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