The Poetics of Rage

Wole Soyinka, Jean Toomer, and Claude McKay

Emmanuel E. Egar (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

74 Seiten

2005
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-3150-1 (ISBN)

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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.'

Dr. Emmanuel E. Egar is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. He earned a Ph.D. (English) from University of Texas at Arlington, and a Ph.D. (Higher Education) from the University of Texas at Denton. Professor Egar is also author of Black Women Poets of Harlem Renaissance and The Rhetorical Implications of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart both from University Press of America.

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 An Appreciation of the Preface to "The Shuttle in the Crypt"
Chapter 4 Wole Soyinka: Poetic Influences
Chapter 5 The Wailing Wall: The Wall of Mists
Chapter 6 Amber Wall: Purgatory
Chapter 7 The Vault Center: The Procession
Chapter 8 Jean Toomer: Carma, Georgia Dusk, Conversation
Chapter 9 The Reapers: November Cotton, Harvest Song, Prayer, The Song of the Son
Chapter 10 Literary Whispers on Jean Toomer
Chapter 11 Claude McKay
Chapter 12 Bibliography
Chapter 13 About the Author

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.6.2005
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	163 x 229 mm
Gewicht	122 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7618-3150-9 / 0761831509
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-3150-1 / 9780761831501
Zustand	Neuware