Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 20 AIL 1929 short lesson, about 20 seconds
McKay and the Caribbean Strand
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The idea
McKay was born in Jamaica and wrote in the United States, so he sits in the British and postcolonial band and the American band at once. Units eight and nineteen worked Harlem Shadows, published nineteen twenty-two and free to quote.
In practice
Jamaica and America, one writer.
Where people slip
He sits in two tradition bands.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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