Blues and Bliss: The Poetry of George Elliott Clarke

by Jon Paul Fiorentino and George Elliott Clarke

Book Overview

Blues singer, preacher, cultural critic, exile, Africadian, high modernist, spoken word artist, Canadian poet--these are but some of the voices of George Elliott Clarke. In a selection of Clarke's best work from his early poetry to his most recent, Blues and Bliss: The Poetry of George Elliott Clarke offers readers an impressive cross-section of those voices. Jon Paul Fiorentino's introduction focuses on this polyphony, his influences--Derek Walcott,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554580609
• ISBN13: 9781554580606
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.7"