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11 mag 2024 · “I Know My Soul” by Claude McKay, first published in 1922 in his collection titled Harlem Shadows, is a hallmark of his exploration of the inner self. The poem presents the themes of self-examination, the desire to understand the driving forces of the soul, and the ultimate acceptance of our own limitations in understanding the ...
30 mag 2024 · Claude McKay (born September 15, 1889, Nairne Castle, Jamaica, British West Indies—died May 22, 1948, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) was a Jamaican-born American poet and novelist who was one of the leading voices of the Harlem Renaissance.
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26 mag 2024 · During this time, his poems challenged white authority while celebrating Jamaican culture. He also wrote tales about the trials and tribulations of life as a black man in both Jamaica and America. McKay was not secretive about his hatred for racism, and felt that racist people were stupid, shortsighted, and possessed with hatred.
3 giorni fa · Claude McKay's sonnet "If We Must Die" is about oppressed black Americans who are fighting back against racist oppressors but are faced with a strong probability of defeat from the inevitable numbers ranged against them.
5 giorni fa · Virtually every novel and play, and most of the poetry, explored race in America, especially the impact of race and racism on African Americans. In their simplest form these works protested racial injustice. Claude McKay's sonnet, "If We Must Die," was among the best of this genre.
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27 mag 2024 · Résumé. This paper explores the poetics and politics of touch in Claude McKay’s recently recovered modernist novel Romance in Marseille (1929-1933, published in 2020).
