The Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780199561599ISBN10: 0199561591
Paperback,
448 pages
Apr 2009,
In Stock
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Description
Caribbean verse is among the most diverse and exciting in the world, encompassing work from nations as different as Haiti, Trinidad, Jamaica, Dominica, Puerto Rico, Martinique, and Cuba. In The New Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse , Stewart Brown and Mark McWatt offer the only anthology of Caribbean poetry that represents all of the Caribbean - not just the English language writers, but the Spanish and French poets as well. The book features a range of writers from Claude McKay and Derek Walcott, to Jesus Cos Causse and Aime Cesaire, to Julia Alvarez and Julia De Burgos. It covers acclaimed and lesser-known poets of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, as well as exciting newer voices from the 80s and 90s. Poetry lovers will find this a rich and satisfying book, offering an original context in which to explore the unique poetry of this region. Now available with a stylish, contemporary look, this rich reissue will enchant, entertain, and inform.Features
- This anthology of Caribbean poetry represents the wider Caribbean - not just the English language writers
- Covers a range of poets, from Derek Walcott and Edward Braithwaite to less acclaimed poets of the 20s, 30s, and 40s, and exciting new voices from the 80s and 90s
- Caribbean poetry is one of the most vigorous and exciting bodies of poetry in the twentieth century
About the Author(s)
Stewart Brown
is a poet and critic who teaches African and Caribbean literature at the Centre of West African Studies, University of Birmingham.
Mark McWatt
, a Guyanese poet and critic, is currently Professor of West Indian Literature in the Department of English at the University of the West Indies in Barbados.
