Come Back to Me My Language: Poetry and the West Indies (Caribbean Modern Classics) - Softcover

J. Edward Chamberlin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845234324 ISBN 13: 9781845234324

Publisher: Peepal Tree Press, 2019

Synopsis

Come Back to Me My Language remains the authoritative study of the remarkable flourishing of West Indian poetry which emerged in the latter half of the 20th century. Writing with clarity and vigour, J. Edward Chamberlin discusses the work of more than thirty poets and writes with insight on poems by John Agard, Edward Baugh, Louise Bennett, Bongo Jerry, Dionne Brand, Kamau Brathwaite, Aimé Césaire, Merle Collins, Fred DAguiar, Lorna Goodison, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Claude McKay, Anthony McNeill, Mervyn Morris, Mutabaruka, Grace Nichols, Victor Questel, Eric Roach, Dennis Scott, Olive Senior, Philip Sherlock, Michael (Mikey) Smith, Bruce St. John, and Derek Walcott.

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About the Author

J. Edward Chamberlin is University Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto. He has published and lectured widely on literature, poetry and Aboriginal rights and is an Officer of the Order of Canada. He is the author many books including the prize-winning If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories? , Finding Common Ground, which was a finalist in the Pearson Writers Trust Award. His other books include The Harrowing of Eden: White Attitudes Towards Native Americans; Horse: How the Horse Has Shaped Civilizations. He lives with his wife, Lorna Goodison, in Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peepal Tree Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845234324
• ISBN 13: 9781845234324
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100