Making history happen : Caribbean poetry in America / Derrilyn E. Morrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morrison, Derrilyn E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Caribbean American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

American poetry--Women authors, Black--History and criticism.

American poetry.

Jamaican poetry--Women authors--History and criticism.

Jamaican poetry.

Goodison, Lorna. Turn thanks.

Goodison, Lorna.

McCallum, Shara, 1972- Water between us.

McCallum, Shara.

Rankine, Claudia, 1963- Plot.

Rankine, Claudia.

Rankine, Claudia, 1963- Don't let me be lonely.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (112 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

Making History Happen: Caribbean Poetry in America examines Lorna Goodison's Turn Thanks (1999), McCallum's The Water Between Us (1999), and Claudia Rankine's Plot (2001) and Don't Let Me Be Lonely (2004). Engaging familiar themes and issues of time, language, and identity, the readings focus on "Signifying" moments in the works of the poets under discussion. Reflecting on some of the ways that transnational women poets of the black diaspora are using tropes of mobility to create a renewed sense of identity and a sense of belonging to a communal network, the readings also demonstrate that the

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Epilogue

Endnotes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 16, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8414-6

OCLC:

924632191