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The poetics of rage : Wole Soyinka, Jean Toomer, and Claude McKay / Emmanuel E. Egar.
- Title
- The poetics of rage : Wole Soyinka, Jean Toomer, and Claude McKay / Emmanuel E. Egar.
- Author
- Egar, Emmanuel Edame.
- Publication
- Lanham : University Press of America, c2005.
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Details
- Description
- vi, 62 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "It is a universal truth that in times of political or social uncertainties the poet usually takes on the mantle of Prophet, Priest or Seer. He becomes not just the custodian of Justice, but also the symbolic voice of the unified society. And if he becomes the voice of the masses, it is also true that vox populi vox dei. It is in these unique and peculiar roles that Wole Soyinka (Nigeria), Claude McKay (USA), and Jean Toomer (USA) used poetry as a medium to enunciate their anxieties, frustrations, doubts, hopes, and desires about the repressive systems in their respective countries. So, the poetics of rage is like the "Voice of one Crying in the Wilderness.""--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [61]-62).
- Contents
- Ch. I. An appreciation of the preface to "The shuttle in the crypt" -- Ch. II. Wole Soyinka : poetic influences -- Ch. III. The wailing wall -- Ch. IV. Amber wall -- Ch. V. The vault center -- Ch. VI. Jean Toomer -- Ch. VII. The reapers -- Ch. VIII. Literary whispers on Jean Toomer -- Ch. IX. Claude McKay.
- ISBN
- 0761831509
- LCCN
- 2005921304
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries