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The Una Marson
Una Marson
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Description for The Una Marson
Paperback. Series: Caribbean Modern Classics. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
Una Marson is widely recognised as 'the earliest female poet of significance to emerge in West Indian literature', but whilst her role as an early feminist and a 'first woman' publisher, broadcaster, pan-Africanist and anti-racist features on many web pages, her poetry has received less considered critical attention.
This may be because her work is very diverse, even seemingly contradictory. She is a Jamaican poet who pioneered the articulation of gender and racial oppression, brought Jamaican vernacular voices alongside a Wordsworthian passion for nature, and ventured to give subjectivity to the powerless and marginalised. Author of Afro-blues that draw ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
164
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Caribbean Modern Classics
Condition
New
Weight
227g
Number of Pages
164
Place of Publication
Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845231682
SKU
V9781845231682
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Ref
99-6
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