the book i know why the caged bird sings was written in 1979.
the book i know why the caged bird sings was written in 1979.
when was the book i know why the caged bird sings written?
1979
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bullet::::- angelou, maya (1969). "i know why the caged bird sings". new york: random house.









































bullet::::- arensberg, liliane k. (1999). "death as metaphor for self". in "maya angelou's i know why the caged bird sings: a casebook", joanne m. braxton, ed. new york: oxford press.









































bullet::::- baisnée, valérie (1994). "gendered resistance: the autobiographies of simone de beauvoir, maya angelou, janet frame and marguerite duras". amsterdam: rodopi.









































bullet::::- bertolino, james (1996). "maya angelou is three writers". in "modern critical interpretations: maya angelou's i know why the caged bird sings", harold bloom, ed. new york: chelsea house publishers.
i know why the caged bird sings
when angelou wrote "i know why the caged bird sings" at the end of the 1960s, one of the necessary and accepted features of literature, according to critic pierre a. walker, was thematic unity. one of angelou's goals was to create a book that satisfied this criterion, in order to achieve her political purposes, which were to demonstrate how to resist racism in america. the structure of the text, which resembles a series of short stories, is not chronological but rather thematic. walker, in his 1993 article about "caged bird", "racial protest, identity, words, and form", focuses on the book's structure, and describes how it supports her presentation of racism. according to walker, critics had neglected analyzing its structure, choosing to focus instead on its themes, which he feels neglects the political nature of the book. he states, "one serves angelou and "caged bird" better by emphasizing how form and political content work together". angelou structures her book so that it presents a series of lessons about how to resist racism and oppression. the progression maya goes through thematically unifies the book, something that "stands in contrast to the otherwise episodic quality of the narrative". the way in which angelou constructs, arranges, and organizes her vignettes often undermined the chronology of her childhood by "juxtaposing the events of one chapter with the events of preceding and following ones so that they too comment on each other".
i know why the caged bird sings