Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik

by Winston James

Book Overview

One of the foremost Black writers and intellectuals of his era, Claude McKay (1889-1948) was a central figure in Caribbean literature, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Black radical tradition. McKay's life and writing were defined by his class consciousness and anticolonialism, shaped by his experiences growing up in colonial Jamaica as well as his early career as a writer in Harlem and then London. Dedicated to confronting both racism and capitalist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231135939
• ISBN13: 9780231135931
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"