The Arrivants

Kamau Brathwaite (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2026
New Directions Publishing Corporation (Verlag)
9780811240543 (ISBN)

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A major landmark of 20th-century Caribbean poetry. “Those who lament that the Age of Giants is over have evidently never read Kamau Brathwaite” (Eliot Weinberger)

Here, in a single volume, is Kamau Brathwaite’s early groundbreaking trilogy The Arrivants—containing Rights of Passage (1967), Masks (1968), and Islands (1969)—a brilliant and visionary exploration of the predicament of the poet living in the New World. Through the tension of regional dialect, musical rhythms, historical flashbacks, and excursions to Europe, New York, and Africa, Brathwaite interweaves the past and present of his Caribbean homeland—its natural beauty, its violent history, and the values that sustain its people—into a vigorous and unforgettable poetic work.

Kamau Brathwaite (1930–2020) was a vitally important Caribbean poet and critic who wrote on the experience of Black cultural life throughout the worldwide African diaspora. Born in Bridgetown, Barbados, and educated in Barbados and England, Brathwaite received the Griffin Prize as well as Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships. He was for many years a professor of Comparative Literature at New York University and awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Sussex in 2002.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.7.2026
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	132 x 203 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-13	9780811240543 / 9780811240543
Zustand	Neuware