Anne Spencer: A Conventional, Yet Unconventional, Harlem Renaissance Poet

Author

John C. Anstey, Longwood University

Date of Award

5-5-1999

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

English

First Advisor

Candis LaPrade, Ph.D.

Second Advisor

Martha E. Cook, Ph.D.

Third Advisor

Craig C. Challender, Ph.D.

Abstract

A look inside the background of African-American poet, Anne Spencer, and her endeavor to write about racism and female mistreatment. Outside of writing, Anne and her husband were the first to employ a NAACP office in their native city of Lynchburg. Spencer was a writer for the “underdog” but was not afraid to step up to the challenges life, and society, posed at her.

Comments

You can find a bound copy in Greenwood Library. It can be foundhere.

Recommended Citation

Anstey, John C., "Anne Spencer: A Conventional, Yet Unconventional, Harlem Renaissance Poet" (1999). Theses & Honors Papers. 181.
https://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/etd/181