Hinterland E. A. Markham

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An anthology of Caribbean poetry from the West Indies and Britain. It features selections of work by 14 poets, with interviews, photographs and essays.

Hinterland Summary

Hinterland: Caribbean Poetry from the West Indies and Britain by E. A. Markham

Substantial selections, with interviews and essays by the poets on their work, make this anthology the definitive textbook of Caribbean poetry from the West Indies and Britain. It features large selections of work by 14 poets writing on both sides of the Atlantic: Derek Walcott, Martin Carter, Louise Bennett, Kamau Brathwaite, Dennis Scott, James Berry, Mervyn Morris, E.A. Markham, Olive Senior, Grace Nichols, Lorna Goodison, Fred D'Aguiar, Michael Smith, Linton Kwesi Johnson. Hinterland has been an Open University set text, and taken up as a key syllabus title by many universities and colleges in Britain and the West Indies.

Hinterland Reviews

E.A. Markham's anthology of Caribbean poetry in English should be ordered at once by all those who go by the title "Head of English". Failure to do so should be punished by the application of a rolled-up copy of Kes to the appropriate orifice. It may be that Markham has schools and colleges, as well as the general reader, in mind for Hinterland; its long, source-giving introduction, numerous photographs and autobiographical essays by all 14 poets give this anthology a vitality and depth echoed fully in the generous selection. -- Carol Ann Duffy * Guardian *

About E. A. Markham

E.A. Markham (1939-2008) had a career that embraced the range of literary life, and more. Aside from his poetry, for which he was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize in 2002, he wrote novels, essays, plays and short stories; he edited anthologies including Hugo versus Montserrat, which dealt with the aftermath in Montserrat of a devastating hurricane, and Hinterland (Bloodaxe Books, 1989), a key poetry collection in many university courses; he directed the Caribbean Theatre Workshop, was the government's Media Co-ordinator in Papua New Guinea and built houses in France. He held lectureships and fellowships at universities around the UK, including Professor of Creative Writing at Sheffield Hallam University, from where he established the MA in Writing, edited Sheffield Thursday magazine and directed the Hallam Literature Festival. Markham was awarded the Certificate of Honour by the Government of Montserrat in 1997. His poetry and fiction are published by Anvil Press and Peepal Tree.

Additional information

Sku

GOR001351171

ISBN 13

9781852240875

ISBN 10

1852240873

Title

Hinterland: Caribbean Poetry from the West Indies and Britain by E. A. Markham

Author

E. A. Markham

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Bloodaxe Books Ltd

Year published

1997-08-01

Number of pages

256

Prizes

N/A

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