Description: Further DetailsTitle: Selected PoemsCondition: NewISBN-10: 024199411XEAN: 9780241994115ISBN: 9780241994115Publisher: Penguin Books LtdFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/04/2022Description: Now including an afterword and new poems by the author and an introduction by Gary YoungePioneering poet Linton Kwesi Johnson has revolutionized English literature with his electrifying fusion of oral verse, Jamaican speech, radical politics and reggae rhythms. This new edition of a vital selection of poems covers over four decades and includes classic early poems such as 'Inglan is a Bitch', 'New Craas Massakah' and 'Sonny's Lettah', as well as compelling recent work.'Linton Kwesi Johnson's impact on the cultural landscape over the last half-century has been colossal and multi-generational . . . His political ferocity and his tireless scrutiny of history are truly Pinteresque, as is the humour with which he pursues them' Guardian'A warrior wordsmith whose couplets take no prisoners' The Times'Linton Kwesi Johnson's body of work - the sheer length, breadth, depth, politics, performance, rhyme and reason of it - bears witness to a lifetime of lending lyrical form to a condition that Britain has proved unable or unwilling (or both) to name' Gary YoungeLanguage: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 8mmItem Weight: 121gAuthor: Linton Kwesi JohnsonGenre: Poetry & DramaRelease Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Selected Poems
Title: Selected Poems
ISBN-10: 024199411X
EAN: 9780241994115
ISBN: 9780241994115
Release Date: 08/04/2022
Release Year: 2022
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Book Title: Selected Poems
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books, The Limited
Publication Year: 2022
Topic: Caribbean & Latin American, Subjects & Themes / Places, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Item Height: 0.4 in
Genre: Poetry
Item Weight: 4.3 Oz
Author: Linton Kwesi Johnson
Item Length: 7.8 in
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
