“Heritage”

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“Heritage” is a renowned poem by Harlem Renaissance writer Countee Cullen that explores themes of African identity, ancestry, and the tension between pagan heritage and Christian faith.

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"Heritage" 1
Heritage 1
“Heritage” canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf poem ⓘ
author Countee Cullen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstPublicationContext Harlem Renaissance magazine or collection ⓘ
form long poem ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
hasMainCharacter first-person lyrical speaker ⓘ
influencedBy African cultural traditions ⓘ
Christian theology ⓘ
racial politics of early 20th century United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice allusion ⓘ
imagery ⓘ
repetition ⓘ
rhythm ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ
literaryPeriod Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
literaryStyle imagistic ⓘ
lyrical ⓘ
modernist ⓘ
movement Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
notableFor complex religious imagery ⓘ
depiction of conflict between African past and Christian present ⓘ
exploration of African heritage by an African American poet ⓘ
role in Harlem Renaissance literature syllabi ⓘ
setting imagined Africa ⓘ
modern Western world ⓘ
subjectMatter Africa as ancestral homeland ⓘ
African religious traditions ⓘ
Black diaspora ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
theme African American experience ⓘ
African identity ⓘ
alienation ⓘ
ancestry ⓘ
cultural heritage ⓘ
diasporic identity ⓘ
racial identity ⓘ
religious conflict ⓘ
spiritual crisis ⓘ
tension between pagan heritage and Christian faith ⓘ
topic Black spirituality ⓘ
cultural dislocation ⓘ
identity conflict ⓘ
memory of Africa ⓘ
writerOf Countee Cullen ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Countee Cullen → notableWork → “Heritage” ⓘ
Countee Cullen → notableWork → "Heritage" ⓘ
subject linked to: Countee
linked to: “Heritage”
Copper Sun → hasPoem → Heritage ⓘ
linked to: “Heritage”