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Lädt ... A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voicevon Nadia Hohn
Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.   ) JennyCurtner | Jul 15, 2023 |  I picked this book up completely randomly after seeing it on my library's shelves. I knew absolutely nothing about Louise Bennett before reading it, and I'm said to say that I didn't learn all that much from this book, despite my high expectations for it. The main text itself doesn't really explain anything about who she is or why she is important, although an author's note was more helpful with that. A glossary at the back expounds on what the words in the text are, whether it's that "likkle" means "little" or describing a type of bird or food mentioned. I don't know, perhaps I was just overly tired when I read it, but this title didn't do much for me. I felt that without the contextual information at the back of the book, the main text didn't stand up on its own. The illustrations, however, are lovely -- brightly cheerful and lively. (  ) sweetiegherkin | Dec 15, 2020 | Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
""Miss Lou" is widely credited as having helped Jamaican Patois recognized as a "nation language." Thanks to her writing and her work in TV and radio, Jamaican Patois was embraced internationally and she created spaces for poets like Mutabaruka and Linton Kwesi Johnson and singers like Bob Marley and Harry Belafonte to centralize and popularize Jamaican English, Creole, patois in their work. This picture book manuscript focuses on a young Miss Lou who is struggling to find her voice, caught as she is between writing "lines of words like tight cornrows" or writing the words that beat "in time with her heart." On one level, this is a wonderful story of an important figure in Jamaica's cultural legacy. On another level, this is a universal story of a child finding and trusting her own voice. End matter includes a brief biography of Miss Lou, covering her life and influence following this story--including the fact that Miss Lou spent the last 20 years of her life in Canada. There is also a glossary to help readers less familiar with Jamaican patois."-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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 Google Books — Lädt ...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)811.54Literature English (North America) American poetry 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt: (4.5)
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