Afro-Caribbean Poetry in English - Cultural Traditions (1970s-2000s)

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.

List of contents

Contents: Dub poetry - West Indian literature - Caribbean poetry - Reggae - Post-coloniality - Orature - Jamaican poetry - English poetry.

About the author

Bartosz Wójcik is a literary critic, translator and cultural manager. He holds a PhD in literature, and specialises in the cultures of the Caribbean.

Product details

• Authors: Bartosz Wójcik
• Assisted by: Marek Wilczynski (Editor)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9783631645444
• ISBN: 978-3-631-64544-4
• No. of pages: 350
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 27 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 540 g
• Series: Transatlantic Studies in British and North American Culture; Transatlantic Studies in British and North American Culture
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics