The Penguin Book of Caribbean Verse in English (Penguin Classics)

by PaulaBurnett (Editor), Paula Burnett (Editor)

• New

  Paperback
  2005

  $15.52

  Even at its most literary, Caribbean poetry shares the vigour of the oral tradition. Many established writers and exciting new voices, are exploring ways of capturing the vitality of the spoken word on the page. These traditions are represented in this lively anthology, which traces Caribbean verse from its roots to the present.

• Used

  Paperback
  1986

  $3.25

  Over the last few decades, Caribbean writers and performance artists have made a poetry revolution. Performance poets, dub and newspaper poets, singer-songwriters have created a genuinely popular art form, a poetry head by audiences all over the world. This lively anthology traces Caribbean verse from its roots to the present.