Containing more than three hundred poems, including nearly a hundred published here for the first time, this landmark collection showcases the range and dynamism of Claude McKay , the Jamaican-born poet whose life and work were marked by restless travel and steadfast social protest. McKay eludes easy definition, which is why this complete anthology, vividly introduced and carefully annotated by William J. Maxwell, is at once necessary and rewarding. Here readers can finally trace the complex transnational evolution of a major voice in twentieth-century verse.
Containing more than three hundred poems, including nearly a hundred published here for the first time, this landmark collection showcases the range and dynamism of Claude McKay , the Jamaican-born poet whose life and work were marked by restless travel and steadfast social protest. McKay eludes easy definition, which is why this complete anthology, vividly introduced and carefully annotated by William J. Maxwell, is at once necessary and rewarding. Here readers can finally trace the complex transnational evolution of a major voice in twentieth-century verse.