ENGL 364 Western Civilization in the 20th Century

ENGL 364 Western Civilization in the 20th Century

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ENGL 364 Western Civilization in the 20th Century

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Annotation Bibliography “Claude McKay”

This book is made of six chapters and provides a great insight of Claude McKay by exploring his unique contribution to the global discourse of black writing. The book examines McKay’s career as a British colonial subject writer as well as his analytical writings about the problem of identity, vocations as well as politics of the black man in an extremely racist

Western civilization for the first half of the 20th century. The book also provides insights on how his life in exile influenced his ideological evolutions and writing. The book will greatly contribute to research work as it explores how McKay’s traits influenced his writings by focusing on his poetry works written outside Jamaica.

On a large picture, the book will enable me demonstrate how influential authors such as MacKay contributed to key movements in the history of the blacks.

Holcomb, Gary Edward. Claude McKay, Code Name Sasha: Queer Black Marxism and the

Harlem Renaissance. University Press of Florida, 2007.

This book written by Holcomb will be great significance in my research as it explores how McKay’s writings can be used to interpret politics of literary texts.

The author examines three of the most fundamental works by McKay writing careers; Home to Harlem, Romance in Marseille and A Long Way from Home. By doing so, Holcomb uncovers how McKay contributed to black modern studies by exploring queen black Marxism in details.

As such, the book will of great help to me as it explores the twentieth- century transatlantic modernist author as well as his literary works; poetry and prose. The book is also be important to me as it gives a good history and historiography of an author who helped to articulate challenges of the blacks.

Hathaway, Heather. Caribbean Waves: Relocating Claude McKay and Paule Marshall.

Indiana University Press, 1999.

This book provides deep insights into the literary works of a distinguished and versatile intellect, Claude McKay (1889-1948). The book exposes McKay as an accomplished novelists, essayist, social and political activist and poet whose work influence not only Jamaican readers but also readers from any other part of the world.

The authors did a great job by doing some research on personal life of McKay who once declared himself as a “born to be a poet.” The authors demonstrate how Jamaican life during his childhood and youth shaped his career from age of ten.

This book’s part two especially will be of great importance to my research as it will enable me understand some McKay written works as it provides individual analysis to his works.

Biography.com editors. Claude McKay Biography. Author, Poet, Journalist (1889-1948).

May 14, 2019. Retrieved from https://www.biography.com/writer/claude-mckay on April 20 , 2020.

This article provides a complete biography of Claude McKay from his early childhood, career and death. This brief will be important during my research as it gives me firsthand information about McKay, his personal life and some of his literary works.

This information will be critical for me as I read how other authors have written about him regarding his contributions as well as their viewpoints on his works. The brief also provides a list of works he did; this will enable me to understand different analysis provided by different authors into his works and perhaps what transpired his writings at the time.

This greatly influence my understanding of the historical breakdown of his work.

Poetry Foundation. Claude McKay 1889–1948. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript

Library, Yale University, 2020. Retrieved from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/claude-mckay on April 20, 2020.

This article found in poetry foundation website provides life history /eulogy of McKay from the day of his birth to death. The article examine how McKay’s philosophical ambitious fictions help readers to understand individual efforts by Black communities to cope with racial White society.

More importantly, the article provide us with historical breakdown of the personal life of McKay, how he moved from one country to another in search of work; as well as literary works he did at the time.

This helps us understand his writings from both insiders and outsiders perspective, and therefore, will greatly contribute to my understanding and interpretation of different poets and works he did.

Rosenberg, Leah. “Caribbean Models for Modernism in the Work of Claude McKay and

Jean Rhys.” Modernism/modernity 11.2 (2004): 219-238.

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This book tries to compare the work of McKay and Jean Rhys and their contributions to Caribbean modernism. By exploring McKay works, Banjo, the authors help us to understand how he viewed the subject of sexuality. This compares well with work of Jean who explored a similar theme.

This book will be of great significance to my research as it will enable me understand how McKay viewed different subjects in his writings by comparing his work with another great author in history; Jean Rhys. The way they explore a similar theme and how each view it from different perspective will greatly enable me comprehend some of his great works related to politics, social welfare and racism.

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