Poems of Resistance from British Guiana

Poems of Resistance from British Guiana PDF Author: Martin Carter
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Category : Revolutionary poetry, Guyanese
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Poems of Resistance from British Guiana

Poems of Resistance from British Guiana PDF Author: Martin Carter
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Category : Revolutionary poetry, Guyanese
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Poems of Resistance from British Guyana

Poems of Resistance from British Guyana PDF Author: Martin Carter
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Category : Revolutionary poetry, Guyanese
Languages : en
Pages : 18

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Poems by Martin Carter

Poems by Martin Carter PDF Author: Martin Carter
Publisher: MacMillan Caribbean
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Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 140

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As a young socialist in the colony of British Guiana, Martin Carter wrote strong, vigorous poems that connect powerfully with the reader. This book includes some of most notable work.

All are Involved

All are Involved PDF Author: Stewart Brown
Publisher: Peepal Tree Press
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422

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The Guyanese poet Martin Carter was without question one of the major poets of the English language of our time. In the Caribbean, Carter has long been regarded as one of the great poets who chronicled the journey from colonialism to independence, alongside such figures as Aime Cesaire, Derek Walcott, Nicholas Guillen and Kamau Brathwaite. While his earlier poems have become classics of socialist literature, translated into many languages, and are among the foundation stones of Caribbean poetry, they have hardly been acknowledged in more general accounts of poetry in English. It was too easy for lazy critics and anthologists to dismiss him as 'merely' a political poet, one who swore, as he put it in one poem, to use his shirt as 'a banner for the revolution.' In fact, looking at Carter's work overall it is hard to think of a contemporary poet writing in English who showed more concern for craft, who measured his utterance with greater care. His later work, while it never lost its political edge, was more oblique and cerebral than the overtly political poems of his youth. It sits comfortably alongside that of fellow South American poets Valejo, Neruda and Paz. They are his contemporaries in every sense; his work is of that originality, stature and elemental force. This book sets out to celebrate Martin Carter's life and work and to establish a context for reading his poetry. It locates the several facets of Carter's work in the historical and cultural circumstances of his time, in Guyana, in the Caribbean. It includes essays by many leading academics and scholars of Caribbean literature and history. It is distinguished particularly by a collection of responses to Carter's work by other creative writers, both his contemporaries and a younger generation for whom Carter's work and commitment has been a powerful influence on their own thinking and practice. As well as demonstrating the profound respect in which he is held as a writer, what emerges most strongly from this group of essays and poems from his fellow writers is the extent to which he was loved and admired as a man who - despite the turmoil Guyana has experienced over the last fifty years - remained true to his fundamental belief in the dignity of humankind. Contributors include John Agard, Edward Baugh, Kamau Brathwaite, Stewart Brown, Jan Carew, David Dabydeen, Fred D'Aguiar, Kwame Dawes, Michael Gilkes, Stanley Greaves, Wilson Harris, Roy Heath, Kendel Hippolyte, Louis James, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Eusi Kwayana, George Lamming, Ian McDonald, Mark McWatt, Mervyn Morris, Grace Nichols, Ken Ramchand, Gordon Rohlehr, Rupert Roopnaraine, Andew Salkey and many others. "All Are Involved is a difficult book to review. Its contents are so packed, so vital, the statements so well made that paraphrasing them becomes an act of egregious violence. Here is Martin Carter, that "gifted, paradoxical man" (p.45), that "friendly, dreamful, dangerous man" (p.370), analysed, extolled, lavished with the recognition which eluded him in life because of the politics of his poetry, and the poignant truth and moral force of that politics. This book demonstrates how wrong we were to have neglected Carter's voice, how diminished. All Are Involved is a treasure so empowering, a tribute we pay through Martin Carter to all that is human in us. It is a most enduring legacy." Niyi Osundare, World Literature Today Stewart Brown is the editor of several major anthologies as well as critical studies of Derek Walcott, Kamau Brathwaite and Martin Carter.

Poems of Succession

Poems of Succession PDF Author: Martin Carter
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Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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University of Hunger

University of Hunger PDF Author: Martin Carter
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
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Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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The Guyanese poet Martin Carter (1927-97) was one of the greatest Caribbean writers of the 20th century. This collection of his selected poems and prose discusses race, colonialism, political action and the role of the poet in a postcolonial society.

Poems of Resistance from Guyana

Poems of Resistance from Guyana PDF Author: Martin Carter
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Category : Revolutionary poetry, Guyanese
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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Anglophone Caribbean Poetry, 1970-2001

Anglophone Caribbean Poetry, 1970-2001 PDF Author: Emily A. Williams
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313077436
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Caribbean poetry written in English has been attracting growing amounts of scholarly attention. The first substantial annotated bibliography of primary and secondary materials related to the topic, this reference chronicles the development of Anglophone Caribbean poetry from 1970 through 2001. Included are nearly 900 entries for anthologies, reference works, conference proceedings, critical studies, interviews, and recorded works. The volume also includes a chronology, an overview of the development and significance of Caribbean poetry in English, and extensive indexes. In 1971 the Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies held a conference on West Indian literature at the University of the West Indies. This was the first assembly for the discussion of West Indian literature by West Indian people on West Indian soil. Since then, interest in Caribbean poetry written in English has grown dramatically. Caribbean poetry was influenced by the American Black Power movement during the 1970s, and women poets began to contribute their voices throughout the 1980s. Caribbean poets have, in turn, gained greater access to publishing outlets, resulting in a wider international readership and a corresponding increase in scholarly and critical studies. This book is the first substantial annotated bibliography of primary and secondary materials related to Caribbean poetry written in English. The volume begins with the rise of interest in Anglophone Caribbean poetry in the 1970s and continues through 2001. Included are entries for nearly 900 anthologies, reference works, conference proceedings, critical studies, interviews, and recordings. The entries are grouped in chapters devoted to particular types of works. In addition, the volume includes a chronology, a discussion of the history of Anglophone Caribbean poetry, and extensive indexes.

Selected Poems

Selected Poems PDF Author: Martin Carter
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Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 268

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The Terror and the Time

The Terror and the Time PDF Author: Martin Carter
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Category : Guyana
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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