| The Canticles I: (MMXVII): (Mmxvii) Volume 247 Contributor(s): Clarke, George Elliott (Author) |
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ISBN: 1771831901 ISBN-13: 9781771831901 Publisher: Guernica Editions OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Canadian - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Epic |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2016952740 |
| Series: Essential Poets (Ecco) |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6" W x 8.8" (1.49 lbs) 450 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The second part of Book I of Canticles continues the dialogue -- as dramatic monologues -- of those who fostered the transatlantic slave trade, or who demonized the image of the Negro in the Occident; as well as those who struggled for liberation and/or anti-racism. In this work, Dante can critique Christopher Columbus and Frederick Douglass can upbraid Abraham Lincoln; Elizabeth Barrett Browning can muse on her African racial heritage and its implications for child-bearing, while Karl Marx can excoriate Queen Victoria. |