Harlem Shadows
by
Claude McKay
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
The Claude McKay Poetry Collection Series
ISBN-10
1927395712
ISBN-13
9781927395714
Publisher
Blue Tang Ltd
Imprint
Guava Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 8th, 2024
Print length
112 Pages
Weight
92 grams
Dimensions
17.50 x 11.00 x 0.80 cms
Product Classification:
PoetryPoetry / Poems
Ksh 1,600.00
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Claude McKay’s Harlem Shadows (1922) has moving, lyrical verses that capture his nostalgia for Jamaica, and empathy for the unjust plight of Black people around the world. These are passionate poems, with calls for human decency, dignity and justice in a needlessly cruel world.
“If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs, Making their mock at our accursed lot.”
This collection includes the poems:
- THE EASTER FLOWER
- FLAME-HEART
- THE SPANISH NEEDLE
- ENSLAVED
- I SHALL RETURN
- MORNING JOY
- AFRICA
- ON A PRIMITIVE CANOE
- THE HARLEM DANCER
- THE CASTAWAYS
- THE LYNCHING
- IF WE MUST DIE
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