Dread Poetry and Freedom: Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Unfinished Revolution

by David Austin

Book Overview

In the 1970s and '80s, Linton Kwesi Johnson was fighting neo-fascism and promoting socialism, and putting pen to paper to refute W. H. Auden's claim that "poetry makes nothing happen." Dread Poetry and Freedom explores Johnson's work through the radical political and poetic traditions he engaged, reflecting poetry's potential to bring about social transformation.
Through an examination of the violence, musicality, and revolution of his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745338135
• ISBN13: 9780745338132
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"