The complete works of previously unpublished and published poetry of a pioneer of modern black writing.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Claude McKay - Lyric Poetry in the Age of CataclysmJamaican Periodical Poetry, 1911-121Songs of Jamaica (1912)19Constab Ballads (1912)86Early English and American Poetry, 1916-22130Harlem Shadows (1922)152"The Clinic," circa 1923197"The Years Between," 1925-34208"Cities," circa 1934223"The Cycle," circa 1943241Final Catholic Poetry, 1945-47270Notes to the Poems281Works Cited in Notes to the Poems393Index of First Lines395Index of Titles401