ERSKINE PETERS is Professor of English and African-American Studies at the University of Notre Dame. His current areas of specialization are Afro-poetics in the United States and philosopical concerns in early Afro-American writing. His books include William Faulkner: The Yoknapatawpha World and Black Being, African Openings to the Tree of Life, and Fundamentals of Essay Writing.

• Codes to the Sources of the LyricsIntroduction and Historical BackgroundLyrics of Sorrow, Alienation, and DesolationLyrics of Consolation and FaithLyrics of Resistance and DefianceLyrics of DeliveranceLyrics of Jubilation and TriumphLyrics of Judgment and ReckoningLyrics of RegenerationLyrics of Spiritual ProgressLyrics of TranscendenceSelect BibliographiesAlphabetical Index to First LinesAlphabetical Index to TitlesGeneral Index

ERSKINE PETERS is Professor of English and African-American Studies at the University of Notre Dame. His current areas of specialization are Afro-poetics in the United States and philosopical concerns in early Afro-American writing. His books include William Faulkner: The Yoknapatawpha World and Black Being, African Openings to the Tree of Life, and Fundamentals of Essay Writing.

• Codes to the Sources of the LyricsIntroduction and Historical BackgroundLyrics of Sorrow, Alienation, and DesolationLyrics of Consolation and FaithLyrics of Resistance and DefianceLyrics of DeliveranceLyrics of Jubilation and TriumphLyrics of Judgment and ReckoningLyrics of RegenerationLyrics of Spiritual ProgressLyrics of TranscendenceSelect BibliographiesAlphabetical Index to First LinesAlphabetical Index to TitlesGeneral Index

ERSKINE PETERS is Professor of English and African-American Studies at the University of Notre Dame. His current areas of specialization are Afro-poetics in the United States and philosopical concerns in early Afro-American writing. His books include William Faulkner: The Yoknapatawpha World and Black Being, African Openings to the Tree of Life, and Fundamentals of Essay Writing.

• Codes to the Sources of the LyricsIntroduction and Historical BackgroundLyrics of Sorrow, Alienation, and DesolationLyrics of Consolation and FaithLyrics of Resistance and DefianceLyrics of DeliveranceLyrics of Jubilation and TriumphLyrics of Judgment and ReckoningLyrics of RegenerationLyrics of Spiritual ProgressLyrics of TranscendenceSelect BibliographiesAlphabetical Index to First LinesAlphabetical Index to TitlesGeneral Index