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Jamaican Novelists: Alecia McKenzie, Andrew Salkey, Brian Meeks, Claude McKay, Colin Channer, H. G. de Lisser, IRA Lunan Ferguson, John Ed

Jamaican Novelists: Alecia McKenzie, Andrew Salkey, Brian Meeks, Claude McKay, Colin Channer, H. G. de Lisser, IRA Lunan Ferguson, John Ed


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 19. Chapters: Alecia McKenzie, Andrew Salkey, Brian Meeks, Claude McKay, Colin Channer, H. G. de Lisser, Ira Lunan Ferguson, John Edgar Colwell Hearne, Kei Miller, Lindsay Barrett, Makeda Silvera, Margaret Cezair-Thompson, Nalo Hopkinson, Patricia Powell, Peter Abrahams, Roger Mais, Sylvia Wynter, Thomas MacDermot, Vanessa Spence, Victor Stafford Reid. Excerpt: Claude McKay (born Festus Claudius McKay) (September 15, 1889 - May 22, 1948) was a Jamaican-American writer and poet. He was a seminal figure in the Harlem Renaissance and wrote four novels: Home to Harlem (1928), a best-seller which won the Harmon Gold Award for Literature, Banjo (1929), Banana Bottom (1933) and in 1941 the manuscript of a novel that has not yet been published called Amiable With Big Teeth: A Novel of the Love Affair Between the Communists and the Poor Black Sheep of Harlem. McKay also authored a collection of short stories, Gingertown (1932), and two autobiographical books, A Long Way from Home (1937) and Harlem: Negro Metropolis (1940). His 1922 book of poetry, Harlem Shadows, was among the first books published during the Harlem Renaissance. His poetry collection, Selected Poems, was published posthumously, in 1953. McKay was attracted to communism in his early life, but he was never a member of the Communist Party. McKay was born in Nairne Castle near James Hill, Clarendon, Jamaica. He was the youngest child of Thomas Francis McKay and Hannah Ann Elizabeth Edwards, well-to-do farmers who had enough property to qualify to vote. Thomas McKay's father was of Ashanti descent, and Claude recounted that his father would share stories of Ashanti customs with him. Claude's mother was of Malagasy ancestry. At four years old, McKay started basic school at the church that he attended. At age seven, he was sent to live with his oldest brother, a school...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781230482361
  • Publisher: University-Press.Org
  • Publisher Imprint: University-Press.Org
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 20
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Weight: 54 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1230482369
  • Publisher Date: 12 Sep 2013
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Alecia McKenzie, Andrew Salkey, Brian Meeks, Claude McKay, Colin Channer, H. G. de Lisser, IRA Lunan Ferguson, John Ed
  • Width: 189 mm


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