Selected Poems Contributor(s): McKay, Claude (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486408760 ISBN-13: 9780486408767 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $2.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1999 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Jamaican-American poet Claude McKay (1889-1948) came to the U.S. in 1912 and became an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance. This inexpensive edition includes a representative sample of his Jamaican dialect verse, but concentrates on poems from "Harlem Shadows" (1922) and uncollected verse. Edited and with an introduction by Joan R. Sherman. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Caribbean & Latin American - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Poetry | American - African American |
Dewey: 811.52 |
LCCN: 99025505 |
Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
Physical Information: 0.19" H x 5.17" W x 8.24" (0.12 lbs) 64 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Cultural Region - Latin America - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In his 1918 autobiographical essay, A Negro Poet Writes, Claude McKay (1889-1948), reveals much about the wellspring of his poetry. |