| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
American poetry recovery series |
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American poetry recovery series.
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| Contents |
Introduction : Claude McKay : lyric poetry in the age of cataclysm / William J. Maxwell -- Jamaican periodical poetry, 1911-12 -- Songs of Jamaica (1912) -- Constab ballads (1912) -- Early English and American poetry, 1916-22 -- Harlem shadows (1922) -- The Clinic, circa 1923 -- The years between, 1925-34 -- Cities, circa 1934 -- The cycle, circa 1943 -- Final Catholic poetry, 1945-47 |
| Summary |
"Containing more than three hundred poems, including nearly a hundred published here for the first time, this collection showcases the range of Claude McKay (1889-1948), the Jamaican-born poet and novelist whose life and work were marked by restless travel and steadfast social protest."--Jacket |
| Notes |
"First Illinois paperback, 2008." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Blacks -- Poetry.
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Jamaican Americans -- Poetry.
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Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Poetry.
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Jamaica -- Poetry.
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| Genre/Form |
Jamaican poetry
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Poetry.
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Poetry.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Maxwell, William J. (College teacher)
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| ISBN |
0252094972 (electronic bk.) |
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9780252094972 (electronic bk.) |
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