Book Cover of Harlem Shadows

Harlem Shadows

by Claude McKay

An award winning Jamaican poet who writes passionately about his birth home and his adopted home, USA. Claude McKay vividly describes family life, love, hate, work, and social life. The reader obtains a strong sense of black life through his colorful and emotional poetry.

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1922

Authors

Claude McKay image

Claude McKay

United States

Festus Claudius "Claude" McKay was a Jamaican-American writer and poet. He was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Born in Jamaica, McKay first traveled to the United States to attend college,...

Books by Claude McKay

Listen/Download Audiobook

Read by:
00:00
Playback Speed 1.0
00:00
  • Select Speed

Related books

Quatrain from the Rubaiyat Cover image

Quatrain from the Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam

This book presents a single quatrain from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, translated by Henry George Keene. Keene's translation, while lesser known tha...

János vitéz Cover image

János vitéz by Sándor Petőfi

János Vitéz (Sir John) is an epic poem by Hungarian poet Sándor Petőfi, regarded as a cornerstone of Hungarian literature. The tale follows the journ...

Love Songs Cover image

Love Songs by George Graham Currie

This collection of love songs by Canadian-born Floridian Poet Laureate George Graham Currie explores the complex emotions of love through the power of...

Treasure Chest of My Bookhouse Cover image

Treasure Chest of My Bookhouse by Olive Beaupre Miller

This volume, part of the 'My Bookhouse' series, presents a compilation of classic children's literature, carefully selected and edited for young reade...

World's Best Poetry, Volume 4: The Higher Life (Part 1) Cover image

World's Best Poetry, Volume 4: The Higher Life (Part 1) by Various

This collection of religious and devotional poems and hymns covers subjects such as God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, prayer and aspiration, faith, hope,...

Gardener Cover image

Gardener by Rabindranath Tagore

The book "Gardener" by Rabindranath Tagore is a collection of lyrics and poems that explore themes of love, life, and spirituality. The lyrics in this...

Priest's Brother Cover image

Priest's Brother by Dora Sigerson Shorter

'Priest's Brother' explores the complexities of love, duty, and social expectations in late 19th-century Ireland. It follows the story of a young woma...

Poems Cover image

Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay

This volume gathers poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay, published in 1923, the year she became the third woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry....

Rimas Versión 2 Cover image

Rimas Versión 2 by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Las "Rimas" de Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer son un conjunto de poemas que exploran temas universales como el amor, la muerte, la naturaleza, la fe y la mela...

Comfort in the Night Cover image

Comfort in the Night by Jean Ingelow

“Comfort in the Night” is a collection of poems by Jean Ingelow, known for their lyrical beauty and exploration of themes like love, loss, and the sol...

Reviews for Harlem Shadows

No reviews posted or approved, yet...