Selected poems
By: Una Marson ; edited by Alison Donnell
Contributors: Donnell, Alison, 1966-
Series: Caribbean modern classics, poetry; Caribbean modern classics
Publisher: Peepal Tree; Peepal Tree Press Ltd.; Peepal Tree Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leeds, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781845231682
Work titles: Poems
Description: Presenting some of the most noteworthy pieces from a remarkably influential West Indian poet, this anthology sheds light on the lesser-known literary accomplishments of Una Marson. Revealing the work of a woman whose writing pioneered the articulation of gender and racial oppression, brought Jamaican vernacular voices alongside a Wordsworth-inspired passion for nature, and ventured to give subjectivity to marginalized subjects, this collection includes, in addition to her well-known poems, previously unpublished work from the 1930s through the 1950s. Striving to answer the question of how one writes as a modern black woman reaching out to the poor and powerless, this extensive selection embodies an exceptionally significant poetic achievement.--Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-39).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: from TROPIC REVERIES, 1930; title: Longing; title: Renunciation; title: In Vain; title: Incomplete; title: I am Content; title: Vows; title: I Cannot Tell; title: Love's Lament; title: Love's Farewell; title: I Know Not; title: Absence; title: Answer; title: Jamaica; title: The Singing Pilgrim; title: To Hampton; title: To Wed or Not to Wed; title: If; title: The Poet's Heart; title: from HEIGHTS AND DEPTHS, 1931; title: The Speedwell; title: Nature's Heart; title: The Meeting of the Clouds; title: Jamaica; title: I Care Not; title: Resignation; title: The Peanut Boy; title: Another Mould; title: In Jamaica; title: There Will Come a Time; title: from THE KEYS; title: Nigger; title: Education; title: from THE MOTH AND THE STAR, 1937; title: Vagabond Creed; title: Little Brown Girl; title: He Called Us Brethren; title: The Stranger; title: Quashie Comes to London; title: Home Thoughts; title: Nostalgia; title: Heartbreak Cottages; title: Darlingford; title: To the Hibiscus; title: Winged Ants; title: My Beloved; title: Love Songs; title: The Heart's Cunning; title: Nightfall; title: My Need; title: The Impossible; title: Reasoning; title: Confession; title: The Banjo Boy; title: The Stone Breakers; title: My Philosophy; title: "Black is Fancy"; title: Gettin' De Spirit; title: Little Boys; title: Winifred Holtby; title: To the I.A.W.S.E.C.; title: To Joe and Ben; title: At the Prison Gates; title: Cinema Eyes; title: Going to Market; title: Kinky Hair Blues; title: Black Burden; title: Canefield Blues; title: To Connie; title: Lonesome Blues; title: Brown Baby Blues; title: Foreign; title: UNPUBLISHED c. 1944; title: Paris and London; title: from TOWARDS THE STARS; title: "They Also Serve"; title: Interlude; title: The Test; title: Politeness; title: In the Darkness; title: Frozen; title: Dawn; title: UNPUBLISHED LATER POEMS; title: Emergence; title: May; title: The Seed; title: The Joy of Mountains.