Dread Poetry and Freedom: Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Unfinished Revolution - Paperback
by David Austin
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Pluto Press (UK)ISBN-13:9780745338132ISBN-10:745338135UPC:9780745338132Book Category:Literary Criticism, Poetry, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Poetry, AnthropologyBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCPDJ6MAPK
Dread Poetry and Freedom: Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Unfinished Revolution
In the 1970s and '80s, Linton Kwesi Johnson was fighting neo-fascism and promoting socialism, and putting pen to paper to refute W. H. Auden's claim that "poetry makes nothing happen." Dread Poetry and Freedom explores Johnson's work through the radical political and poetic traditions he engaged, reflecting poetry's potential to bring about social transformation.
Through an examination of the...
Through an examination of the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Pluto Press (UK)ISBN-13:9780745338132ISBN-10:745338135UPC:9780745338132Book Category:Literary Criticism, Poetry, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Poetry, AnthropologyBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCPDJ6MAPK
David Austin teaches in the Department of Humanities, Philosophy, and Religion at John Abbott College. He is the author, most recently, of Fear of a Black Nation: Race, Sex, and Security in Sixties Montreal and the winner of the 2014 Casa de las Americas Prize.
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