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Selected Poems
Linton Kwesi Johnson
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Description for Selected Poems
Paperback. Charts the unique literary talent of one of Britain's most influential poets and social critics. Ranging from protests against police brutality to eulogies for departed friends and celebrations of urban life, Linton Kwesi Johnson's use of Jamaican dialect to tackle British subjects contributed to a revolution in the notion of literary English. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
A selection of Linton Kwesi Johnson's best poems over three decades. Ranging from protests against police brutality to eulogies for departed friends and playful celebrations of urban life, Johnson's use of Jamaican dialect to tackle distinctly British subjects contributed to a revolution in the notion of literary English. This Selected Poems charts the unique literary talent of one of Britain's most influential poets and social critics.
A selection of Linton Kwesi Johnson's best poems over three decades. Ranging from protests against police brutality to eulogies for departed friends and playful celebrations of urban life, Johnson's use of Jamaican dialect to tackle distinctly British subjects contributed to a revolution in the notion of literary English. This Selected Poems charts the unique literary talent of one of Britain's most influential poets and social critics.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141025018
SKU
V9780141025018
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-92
About Linton Kwesi Johnson
Linton Kwesi Johnson is known and revered as the world's first dub poet. Born in Chapelton, a small town in the parish of Clarendon, Jamaica, he came to England in 1963. He gained a sociology degree in the mid-1970s from Goldsmiths' College, London, and had poems, inspired by politics and the Black movement, published in the journal Race Today. He ... Read more
Reviews for Selected Poems
'A warrior wordsmith whose couplets take no prisoners' The Times
'Brilliant... the alternative poet-laureate' Time Out
'Linton's rhymes speak for our times' The Voice