Voiceprint : an anthology of oral and related poetry from the Caribbean

Author(s)

• Brown, Stewart
• Morris, Mervyn
• Rohlehr, Gordon

Bibliographic Information

Voiceprint : an anthology of oral and related poetry from the Caribbean

selected and edited by Stewart Brown, Mervyn Morris, Gordon Rohlehr ; with an introduction by Gordon Rohlehr

（Longman Caribbean writers）

Longman, 1989

• : pbk

Other Title

Voice print

Note

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

An anthology of oral poetry, this book brings together a wealth of different styles, musical expressions, rhythms and dialects in the form of poems, songs, elegies, laments, dub, parang, hosay and calypsos, that illustrate the range of poetic voices in the English-speaking Caribbean.

Table of Contents

• Legend, tale, narrative and folksong
• elegy, lament
• calypso
• monologues
• parang and hosay.

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Details

• NCID: BA2856196X
• ISBN:
  • 0582786290
• LCCN: 90106039
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Harlow, Essex, England
• Pages/Volumes: 276 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR9205.6
  • DC20 : 811/.008/09729
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Caribbean poetry (English)
  • LCSH : Caribbean Area -- Poetry
  • LCSH : Oral tradition -- Caribbean Area
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA28553382