| Canticles I: (MMXVI): (Mmxvi) Volume 217 Contributor(s): Clarke, George Elliott (Author) |
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ISBN: 1550719122 ISBN-13: 9781550719123 Publisher: Guernica Editions OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Canadian - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Epic |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2016938889 |
| Series: Essential Poets (Ecco) |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.45 lbs) 500 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Book I of The Canticles puts into dialogue -- as dramatic monologues -- those who fostered the transatlantic slave trade, or who demonized the image of the Negro in the Occident; as well as those who struggled for liberation and/or anti-racism. In this work, Dante can critique Christopher Columbus and Frederick Douglass can upbraid Abraham Lincoln; Elizabeth Barrett Browning can muse on her African racial heritage and its implications for child-bearing, while Karl Marx can excoriate Queen Victoria. Book II will focus on Black folk readings of Scripture, Hebrew and Greek, with a few other religious texts canvassed too. Book III will narrate the rise of the African Baptist Association of Nova Scotia. |