Letters in Exile: Transnational Journeys of a Harlem Renaissance Writer - Hardcover
by Claude McKay
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Availability:In StockContributor:Claude McKay, Brooks E. Hefner (Editor), Gary Edward Holcomb (Editor)Publish date:9/2/2025Pages:512
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300276473ISBN-10:300276478UPC:9780300276473Book Category:Literary Collections, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Letters, American, PoetryBook Topic:African American & BlackSize:8.50 x 6.20 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.9026Product ID:SC764W21DD
Letters in Exile: Transnational Journeys of a Harlem Renaissance Writer
A collection of private correspondence from one of the Harlem Renaissance's brightest and most radical voices The Jamaican-born, queer author Claude McKay (1890-1948) was a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance. His 1919 poem "If We Must Die" expressed a revolutionary vision for militant Black protest art, while his novels, including Home to Harlem, Banjo, and Banana Bottom, described...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300276473ISBN-10:300276478UPC:9780300276473Book Category:Literary Collections, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Letters, American, PoetryBook Topic:African American & BlackSize:8.50 x 6.20 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.9026Product ID:SC764W21DD
Claude McKay (1890-1948) was a luminary of the Harlem Renaissance and a major figure in Black transnational, Black queer, and Black Marxist history. His books include the poetry collection Harlem Shadows and the novels Home to Harlem and Banjo and the posthumously published Amiable with Big Teeth and Romance in Marseille. Brooks E. Hefner is professor of English at James Madison University. He is...
Publisher: Yale University Press
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Claude McKay, Brooks E. Hefner (Editor), Gary Edward Holcomb (Editor)
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