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Afro-Caribbean Poetry in English

Cultural Traditions (1970s–2000s)

Bartosz Wójcik author Marek Wilczyński editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Peter Lang AG

Published:28th Sep '15

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This book presents the phenomenon of Afro-Caribbean poetry in English from Jamaican classic dub poetry of the 1970s to (Black) British post-dub verse of the 2000s. It showcases the literary continuum, as represented by Jamaican, Jamaican-British, and ultimately (Black) British writers – Mutabaruka, Michael Smith, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jean Binta Breeze, Benjamin Zephaniah, and Patience Agbabi, respectively. The work of these authors represents a gradual shift from the emphasis on ethics to the preponderance of aesthetics that include social concerns typical of classic dub poetry.

ISBN: 9783631645444

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 540g

350 pages

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