The Poetics of Rage : Wole Soyinka, Jean Toomer, and Claude McKay
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0761831509
ISBN-13
9780761831501
Publisher
University Press of America
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University Press of America
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 6th, 2005
Print length
74 Pages
Weight
122 grams
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22.90 x 16.30 x 0.60 cms
Product Classification:
Literature: history & criticism
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It is a universal truth that in times of political or social uncertainties the poet usually takes on the mantle of prophet, priest or seer. He becomes not just the custodian of justice, but also the symbolic voice of the unified society. And if he becomes the voice of the masses, it is also true that vox populi vox dei. It is in these unique and peculiar roles that Wole Soyinka (Nigeria), Claude Mckay (USA), and Jean Toomer (USA) used poetry as a medium to enunciate their anxieties, frustrations, doubts, hopes, and desires about the repressive systems in their respective countries. So, the poetics of rage is like the 'Voice of one Crying in the Wilderness.'
It is a universal truth that in times of political or social uncertainties the poet usually takes on the mantle of prophet, priest or seer. He becomes not just the custodian of justice, but also the symbolic voice of the unified society. And if he becomes the voice of the masses, it is also true that vox populi vox dei. It is in these unique and peculiar roles that Wole Soyinka (Nigeria), Claude Mckay (USA), and Jean Toomer (USA) used poetry as a medium to enunciate their anxieties, frustrations, doubts, hopes, and desires about the repressive systems in their respective countries. So, the poetics of rage is like the ''Voice of one Crying in the Wilderness.''
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