内容简介
Jamaican-AmericanpoetClaudeMcKay(1889–1948)cametotheU.S.in1912andbecameanimportantfigureintheHarlemRenaissance.ThisinexpensiveeditionincludesarepresentativesampleofhisJamaicandialectverse,butconcentratesonpoemsfromHarlemShadows(1922)anduncollectedverse.EditedandwithanintroductionbyJoanR.Sherman.
作者简介
ClaudeMcKay(September15,1889–May22,1948)wasaJamaican-Americanwriterandpoet.HewasaseminalfigureintheHarlemRenaissanceandwrotethreenovels:HometoHarlem(1928),abest-sellerwhichwontheHarmonGoldAwardforLiterature,Banjo(1929),andBananaBottom(1933).McKayalsoauthoredacollectionofshortstories,Gingertown(1932),andtwoautobiographicalbooks,ALongWayfromHome(1937)andHarlem:NegroMetropolis(1940).Hisbookofpoetry,HarlemShadows(1922)wasamongthefirstbookspublishedduringtheHarlemRenaissance.Hisbookofcollectedpoems,SelectedPoems(1953),waspublishedposthumously.McKaywasattractedtocommunisminhisearlylife,buthewasneveramemberoftheCommunistParty.