{"product_id":"real-and-imagined-worlds-claude-mckays-poetry-and-prose-9781496860385","title":"Real and Imagined Worlds: Claude McKay's Poetry and Prose","description":"Claude McKay (1890-1948) was a versatile Jamaican American writer and poet and a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance. In addition to two autobiographies and a documentary study of Harlem, McKay wrote poetry, novels (\u003ci\u003eHome to Harlem\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBanana Bottom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBanjo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarlem Glory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmiable with Big Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e--the latter portraying a dystopia that foreshadows Orwell), the short story collection \u003ci\u003eGingertown\u003c\/i\u003e, and a screenplay disguised as a novel, \u003ci\u003eRomance in Marseille.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e McKay was deeply influenced by various literary and artistic sources that shaped his poetry and prose. As an artist, he saw himself as a \"classicist,\" but his favorite poet was John Keats, the acclaimed Romantic. The books he read in the library of his mentor Walter Jekyll were primarily Victorian and had a profound influence on him. However, the artists he encountered after he left Jamaica were mostly all modernists: Charlie Chaplin, D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Marcel Proust, and Ernest Hemingway. Popular culture also inspired him, especially the cinematic traditions of both Hollywood and Europe. These dual influences reflected his complicated intellectual and artistic life. \u003ci\u003eReal and Imagined Worlds: Claude McKay's Poetry and Prose \u003c\/i\u003eattempts to make sense of the poet's deep engagement with the literary and artistic influences that inspired his own writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Scruggs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496860385","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45133415645321,"sku":"9781496860385","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_9117bf4d-b75a-4a84-b62f-eb96f37f76e1.jpg?v=1767678153","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/real-and-imagined-worlds-claude-mckays-poetry-and-prose-9781496860385","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}