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Books : Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Bloom's Notes)In association with Amazon.comfrom: Chelsea House Publications  Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 818.5409 EAN: 9780791036662 ISBN: 0791036669 Label: Chelsea House Publications Manufacturer: Chelsea House Publications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 64 Publication Date: 1996-03 Publisher: Chelsea House Publications Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Studio: Chelsea House Publications Sales Rank: 1981495 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings accomplishes a controlled poignance in representing a portrait of the young artist as a black woman. Her novel is the focus of this edition of Bloom's Notes. Along with a collection of some of the best criticism available on his work, this text includes a brief biography of the author, structural and thematic analysis, an index of themes and ideas, and more. This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School. These texts are the ideal aid for all students of literature, presenting concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work. Also provided are multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters. Amazon.com Review: In this first of five volumes of autobiography, poet Maya Angelou recounts a youth filled with disappointment, frustration, tragedy, and finally hard-won independence. Sent at a young age to live with her grandmother in Arkansas, Angelou learned a great deal from this exceptional woman and the tightly knit black community there. These very lessons carried her throughout the hardships she endured later in life, including a tragic occurrence while visiting her mother in St. Louis and her formative years spent in California--where an unwanted pregnancy changed her life forever. Marvelously told, with Angelou's "gift for language and observation," this "remarkable autobiography by an equally remarkable black woman from Arkansas captures, indelibly, a world of which most Americans are shamefully ignorant." Average Rating:
 Rating:  - I Now Know Why The Caged Birds Sings And Why Maya Is "A Living Legend!!!"I write for the Student Operated Press and recently my boss there did an interview with this simply amazing woman! I'm also an author so if you visit my page here at Amazon, I've also put a link up on it to that interview as well. That said, for a variety of reasons, "I Know Why The Cage Bird Sings" is definitely one of my favorite books now and as amazing as Maya is as a poet, I am looking forward to reading more of her stories. This book is definitely an "American ... Read More Rating: - Quick ReadThis is good book for a summary of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou that gives the characters and events of the reading for study and research that one could find any given chapter to support the ideas for an essay. Rating: - The time of book that moves youMaya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings is the type of book that people who love to read will enjoy. The book follows Angelou through her early years, mostly spent with you grandmother who ran a local store. More than an auto-biography. Its Angelou's words, her presence that really reaches out and grabs you. Through all her hardships and obstacles in life she was able to overcome them and thrive. Maya Angelou is an fantastic writer who so easily connects with the heart and souls of her readers. ... Read More Rating:  - Charmed but CautiousThis book provides well-written insight into growing up as a black child during the Depression. Maya Angelou is wonderful with her use of words and imagery. I was greatly reminded of my own childhood and what being a kid really meant. Written in first person, she addresses childhood fears, respect for adults and growing up with such tangible details that she could be her eight-year-old self again. Angelou's insights into the African-American way of life and religion during a time of national ... Read More Rating: - Well Written AccountThis is another autobiography by Maya Angelou. Here, she tells of the hardships she experienced in growin up: her parent's divorce, being sent to live with their grandmother in a small, Arkansas town and its racism, sexual abuse and more emotional scarring. Eventually, Maya finds a father figure and when better things began to happen to her, she started to find her voice. This is honest and gripping... Browse for similar items by category:
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