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The complete works of previously unpublished and published poetry of a pioneer of modern black writing

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"Claude McKay's Complete Poems comes as an invaluable gift to all lovers of McKay, African-American literature, and literature in general. McKay's eminence among poets of the Harlem Renaissance is richly documented in this scrupulous collection. With a lively, always perceptive introduction and meticulous notes, the Complete Poems stands as the definitive gathering of the verse of a writer who saw early the beauty and humanity of the black world at home and abroad." --Arnold Rampersad, author of The Life of Langston Hughes and the Sara Hart Kimball Professor of the Humanities, Stanford University. "This is a wonderful book. McKay is a hugely important figure in the development of Caribbean and African American poetry, and bringing his poems together in one place does an invaluable service to readers of all backgrounds. Maxwell's outstanding introduction is the most insightful and cogent critical assessment of McKay's poetry to date." --James Smethurst, author of The New Red Negro: The Literary Left and African American Poetry, 1930-1946

Complete Poems

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    A Hardback by Edgar Allen Poe, Thomas Ollive Mabbott

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      Publisher University of Illinois Press
      Published 29 January 2004
      ISBN-13 9780252028823
      978-0252028823
      ISBN-10 0252028821

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The complete works of previously unpublished and published poetry of a pioneer of modern black writing

      Trade Review
      "Claude McKay's Complete Poems comes as an invaluable gift to all lovers of McKay, African-American literature, and literature in general. McKay's eminence among poets of the Harlem Renaissance is richly documented in this scrupulous collection. With a lively, always perceptive introduction and meticulous notes, the Complete Poems stands as the definitive gathering of the verse of a writer who saw early the beauty and humanity of the black world at home and abroad." --Arnold Rampersad, author of The Life of Langston Hughes and the Sara Hart Kimball Professor of the Humanities, Stanford University. "This is a wonderful book. McKay is a hugely important figure in the development of Caribbean and African American poetry, and bringing his poems together in one place does an invaluable service to readers of all backgrounds. Maxwell's outstanding introduction is the most insightful and cogent critical assessment of McKay's poetry to date." --James Smethurst, author of The New Red Negro: The Literary Left and African American Poetry, 1930-1946

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