Contents
1 The Jamaican Family Background
2 The Jamaican Poetry as Autobiography: Claude McKay in 1912
3 The Early American Years, 1912–1919
5 With the Liberator, 1921–1922
6 The Journey to Russia, 1922–1923
7 The Expatriate Years, 1923–1925: “Color Scheme”
8 The Expatriate Years, 1925–1929:Home to Harlem and Banjo
9 The Expatriate Years, 1929–1934:Gingertown and Banana Bottom
10 The Search for Self-Definition, 1934–1937: A Long Way from Home
11 Looking Forward: The Search for Community, 1937–1940
12 Right Turn to Catholicism, 1940–1948
Illustrations