This collection of authentic stories about Annancy — the trickster spider and Jamaican folk hero — features the best-known, most-loved tales, plus work songs and dance tunes. Extensive editorial apparatus makes it an invaluable resource for anthropologists as well as a treat for anyone interested in Jamaican cultural history. Unabridged republication of the edition published for the Folklore Society London by David Nutt in 1907. Includes 3 introductory essays newly prepared for the Dover reprint of 1966.
Selected Poems by Claude McKay New compilation of verse by an important Jamaican-American poet. Dialect verse, standard English poems from Harlem Shadows, uncollected works, more. Edited and with an introduction by Joan R. Sherman.