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LARGE PRINT EDITION."You tas'e petater an' you say it sweet, / But you no know how hard we wuk fe it." In his debut collection, the first published in Jamaican Patois, Claude McKay addresses himself to a white audience, addressing the schism inherent to colonial society between white and black, rich and poor. Songs of Jamaica is a poetry collection by Claude McKay.

Der Harlem Renaissance-Klassiker erstmals auf Deutsch! Jamaika, um 1910: Die junge Schwarze Bita Plant kehrt als wohlerzogene britische Lady in ihren Heimatort Banana Bottom zurück. Malcolm und Priscilla Craig, ihre weißen Zieheltern, die ihr die Ausbildung in England ermöglicht haben, sehen sich fast am Ziel: Nun soll Bita einen passenden Mann aus gutem Hause heiraten und später einmal die Missionsleitung übernehmen. Doch die junge Frau fühl...

This book contains a fantastic collection of McKay's most influential articles on race and politics, not to be missed by those with an interest in American history and global politics during the twentieth century.

Spring in New Hampshire and Other Poems (1920) is a poetry collection by Claude McKay. Published toward the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance, Spring in New Hampshire and Other Poems is the first of McKay's collections to appear in the United States. As a committed leftist, McKay-who grew up in Jamaica-captures the life of African Americans from a realist's point of view, lamenting their exposure to poverty, racism, and violence while celebr...

VINTAGE CLASSICS' HARLEM RENAISSANCE SERIES'Why did I want to mix mahself up in a white folk's war? It ain't ever was any of black folks' affair'When Jake Brown joined the World War I effort, he was treated more like a slave than a soldier. After briefly defecting to France to escape the racial violence he was facing, Jake travelled back home to Harlem. But despite the distance he travelled, Jake cannot seem to escape the past and the explosiv...

A searing collection from trailblazing poet Claude McKay, selected and with a new introduction by Nicole SealeyClaude McKay is known as a seminal figure in the Harlem Renaissance who wrote powerful and lasting poetry about the Black experience, both in his home country of Jamaica and in the US, where he spent many years of his life. Experiencing racism and prejudice in both places, he wrote unsparingly about the exploitation and oppression of ...

You tas'e petater an' you say it sweet, / But you no know how hard we wuk fe it." In his debut collection, the first published in Jamaican Patois, Claude McKay addresses himself to a white audience, addressing the schism inherent to colonial society between white and black, rich and poor. Songs of Jamaica is a poetry collection by Claude McKay.

“You tas’e petater an’ you say it sweet, / But you no know how hard we wuk fe it.” In his debut collection, the first published in Jamaican Patois, Claude McKay addresses himself to a white audience, addressing the schism inherent to colonial society between white and black, rich and poor. Songs of Jamaica is a poetry collection by Claude McKay.

“My eyes grew dim, and I could no more gaze, / A wave of longing through my body swept, / And, hungry for the old, familiar ways, / I turned aside and bowed my head and wept.” Passing a window filled with fresh tropical fruit, the poet recalls his home in Jamaica. Harlem Shadows is a poetry collection by Claude McKay.

From the late 1910s to the mid 1930s, Harlem, New York City, was the center of an explosion of African-American social, artistic, and intellectual expression that came to be known as the Harlem Renaissance. Drawing African-Americans by the thousands to the 3-square-mile neighborhood in Manhattan, this historic movement represented, in the words of the author Claude McKay's contemporary Alain Locke, a "spiritual coming of age" that transformed ...

From the late 1910s to the mid 1930s, Harlem, New York City, was the center of an explosion of African-American social, artistic, and intellectual expression that came to be known as the Harlem Renaissance. Drawing African-Americans by the thousands to the 3-square-mile neighborhood in Manhattan, this historic movement represented, in the words of the author Claude McKay's contemporary Alain Locke, a "spiritual coming of age" that transformed ...

A harbinger of the Harlem Renaissance first published in 1922, this collection of poignant, lyrical poems explores the author's yearning for his Jamaican homeland and the bitter plight of Black people in America-now with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown.With pure heart, passion, and honesty, Claude McKay offers an acute reflection on the complex nature of racial identity in the Caribbean diaspora, encompassing issue...

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The pioneering novel of physical disability, transatlantic travel, and black international politics. A vital document of black modernism and one of the earliest overtly queer fictions in the African American tradition. Published for the first time.A Penguin ClassicBuried in the archive for almost ninety years, Claude McKay's Romance in Marseille traces the adventures of a rowdy troupe of dockworkers, prostitutes, and political organizers--coll...

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