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" Dread poetry and freedom : "
David Austin.
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BL
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880625
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Austin, David,1970-
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Dread poetry and freedom : : Linton Kwesi Johnson and the unfinished revolution /\ David Austin.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: Pluto Press ;Toronto, Ontario :: Between the Lines,, 2018.
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, ©2018
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xvi, 288 pages ;; 22 cm
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0745338135
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: 0745338143
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: 9780745338132
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: 9780745338149
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-277) and index.
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| Contents
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The poet's routes -- Dread dialectics -- Politics and mourning in 'Reggae fi Radni' -- The wise old shepherd -- The good life -- More time -- Searching for the fantastic -- Post-Apartheid postscript.
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Explores the themes of poetry, political consciousness and social transformation through the prism of Linton Kwesi Johnson's work. Drawing from the Bible, reggae and Rastafari, surrealism, socialism, feminism, and in dialogue with Aimé Césaire, Frantz Fanon, C.L.R James, Walter Rodney, W.E.B. Du Bois and the poetry of d'bi young anitafrika, Johnson's work becomes a crucial point of reflection on the meaning of freedom in this study. In the process, Austin demonstrates why art, and particularly poetry, is a vital part of our efforts to achieve genuine social change in times of dread. --From publisher description.
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Johnson, Linton Kwesi,1952-Themes, motives.
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Johnson, Linton Kwesi,1952-
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Liberty in literature.
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Political poetry, English-- History and criticism.
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18.07 English literature outside Europe and the USA.
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Liberty in literature.
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Political poetry, English.
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Themes, motives.
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Jamaica.
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| Dewey Classification
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821/.914
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PR6060.O345Z52 2018
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Dread poetry & freedom
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: Linton Kwesi Johnson and the unfinished revolution
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