One of the foremost Black writers and intellectuals of his era, Claude McKay (1889–1948) was a central figure in Caribbean literature, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Black radical tradition.
While dealing with pertinent issues like identity, race, exile, ethnicity, and sexuality, the work examines all the facets of this influential 20th century author, a man trying to solve the problem of his own identity in a world determined ...
Prefaces an analysis of the black writer's poetry and novels with an examination of his Jamaican roots and his relation with the Harlem Renaissance, the Catholic church, and Marxist economic...
Traces the life and career of the Jamaican-born writer, describes his complex pesonality, and looks at his poetry, fiction, and social criticism
Claude McKay: The Black Poet at War