{"product_id":"9781845231682-una-marson-selected-poems","title":"Una Marson: Selected Poems","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eUna Marson is widely recognised as 'the earliest female poet of significance to emerge in West Indian literature', but whilst her role as an early feminist and a 'first woman' publisher, broadcaster, pan-Africanist and anti-racist features on many web pages, her poetry has received less considered critical attention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis may be because her work is very diverse, even seemingly contradictory. She is a Jamaican poet who pioneered the articulation of gender and racial oppression, brought Jamaican vernacular voices alongside a Wordsworthian passion for nature, and ventured to give subjectivity to the powerless and marginalised. Author of Afro-blues that draw on both African-American and Jamaican speech, and of folk monologues, she also wrote devotional sonnets and love lyrics within a distinctly un-modernist tradition. Marson's work as presented here is a complex subject, striving to answer the questions of how to write as a woman; as a black, modern, diasporic subject; for the poor and powerless. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Donnell's extensive selection shows, and her introduction argues, Marson's is a significant poetic achievement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUna Marson is widely recognised as the earliest female poet of significance to emerge in West Indian literature\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450845507958,"sku":"9781845231682","price":9.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28452537.jpg?v=1760454069","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781845231682-una-marson-selected-poems","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}