Brathwaite, Edward Kamau - Further Reading
FURTHER READING
CRITICISM
Asein, Samuel Omo. “Symbol and Meaning in the Poetry of Edward Brathwaite.” World Literature Written in English 20, no. 1 (spring 1981): 94-104.
Examines symbols in Brathwaite's poems, especially symbols of circularity in individuals and civilizations.
Brown, Stewart. “Sun Poem: The Rainbow Sign?” In The Art of Kamau Brathwaite, edited by Stewart Brown, pp. 152-62. Melksham, UK: Cromwell Press, 1995.
Sun Poem is given a close reading to reveal Brathwaite's use of rainbows as symbols and metaphors of healing.
Chukwu, Augustine. “Bridging the Gulf: The Ancestral Mask and Homecoming in Edward Brathwaite's ‘Masks.’” UFAHAMU 11, no. 2 (fall-winter 1981-82): 131-39.
Discusses Brathwaite's use of imagery in his poem “Masks,” especially in representing the poet as a “living diviner” who connects the past and present and Africa and the...
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