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Claude McKay's Early Poetry (1911-1922): A Digital Collection

Born in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica in 1889, poet Claude McKay was one of the individuals who defined the Harlem Renaissance. This digital humanities project, created by Lehigh University English professor Amardeep Singh, allows visitors to explore McKay's early poetry. Visitors can browse McKay's early poems via a Table of Contents (available as a drop down menu at the top left side of the browser) to explore seven collections of McKay's poetry published between 1912 and 1922 along with one collection published posthumously in 1953. Each of these compilations is accompanied by a short essay that provides context to this compilation. In addition, many of these poems are tagged by subject and include in-text annotations to facilitate analysis and exploration. As Singh explains in his introduction, he decided to launch this site while co-teaching an Introduction to Digital Humanities class at Lehigh and uses the open-sourced web publishing platform Scalar to highlight the thematic connections in McKay's early poetry. As a result, this website may appeal to literature teachers and students as well as those interested in the growing field of digital humanities.
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September 1st, 2017
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