| 翻訳と辞書 |
| Gather Together in My Name ： ウィキペディア英語版 |
Gather Together in My Name
''Gather Together in My Name'' (1974) is a memoir by African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou. It is the second book in Angelou's series of seven autobiographies. The book begins immediately following the events described in ''I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'', and follows Angelou, called Rita, from the ages of 17 to 19. Written three years after ''Caged Bird'', the book "depicts a single mother's slide down the social ladder into poverty and crime."〔Lauret, p. 120〕 The title of the book is taken from the Bible, but it also conveys how one Black female survived in the white-dominated society of post-war America, and speaks for all Black females.
Angelou expands upon many themes she started discussing in her first autobiography, including motherhood and family, race and racism, identity, and education and literacy. Rita becomes closer to her mother in this book, and goes through a variety of jobs and relationships as she tries to provide for her young son and find her place in the world. Angelou continues to discuss racism in ''Gather Together'', but moves from speaking for all Black women to describing how one young woman dealt with it. The book exhibits the narcissism of young people, but describes how Rita discovers her identity. Like many of Angelou's autobiographies, ''Gather Together'' is concerned with Angelou's on-going self-education.
''Gather Together'' was not as critically acclaimed as Angelou's first autobiography, but received mostly positive reviews and was recognized as better written. The book's structure, consisting of a series of episodes tied together by theme and content, parallels the chaos of adolescence, which some critics feel makes it an unsatisfactory sequel to ''Caged Bird''. Rita's many physical movements throughout the book, which affects the book's organization and quality, has caused at least one critic to call it a travel narrative.
==Background==
''Gather Together in My Name'', published in 1974, is Maya Angelou's second book in her series of seven autobiographies. Written three years after her first autobiography, ''I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'',〔Lupton (1999), p. 131〕 the book "depicts a single mother's slide down the social ladder into poverty and crime".〔 In 1971, Angelou published her first volume of poetry, ''Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie'' (1971), which became a bestseller and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.〔Gillespie, Marcia Ann; Rosa Johnson Butler and Richard A. Long (2008). ''Maya Angelou: A Glorious Celebration''. New York: Random House. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-385-51108-7〕 It was Angelou's early practice to alternate a prose volume with a poetry volume.〔Hagen, p. 118〕 In 1993, Angelou recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton, becoming the first poet to make an inaugural recitation since Robert Frost at John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961.〔Manegold, Catherine S. (20 January 1993). ("An Afternoon with Maya Angelou; A Wordsmith at Her Inaugural Anvil". ) T''he New York Times.'' Retrieved 04 January 2014〕 Through the writing of this autobiography and her life stories in all of her books, Angelou became recognized and highly respected as a spokesperson for Blacks and women.〔("Maya Angelou (1928- )". ) ''Poetry Foundation.'' Retrieved 04 January 2014〕 According to scholar Joanne Braxton, it made her "without a doubt ... America's most visible black woman autobiographer".〔Braxton, Joanne M. (1999). "Symbolic Geography and Psychic Landscapes: A Conversation with Maya Angelou". In Joanne M. Braxton, ed. ''Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: A Casebook.'' New York: Oxford Press, p. 4. ISBN 0-19-511606-2〕
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「Gather Together in My Name」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|