Claude Mckay: Selected Poems

New compilation of verse by an important Jamaican-American poet. Dialect verse, standard English poems from Harlem Shadows, uncollected works, more. Edited and with an introduction by Joan R. Sherman. 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.

• | Author: Claude McKay
• | Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• | Publication Date: Mar 28, 2003
• | Number of Pages:
• | Language:
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780486408767
• | ISBN-10: 0486408760