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We bring this pick of classic poems about race and racism up to the present (or as good as) with this poem from the contemporary British poet Warsan Shire, who was born in Kenya, to Somali parents, in 1988.
These poems, among many others, have become cornerstones of literature when examining race and ethnicity. By giving voice to the often overlooked or marginalized experiences, poets have helped foster empathy, understanding, and appreciation for diverse cultures.
We tend to use the words ‘stoic’ and ‘stoicism’ to refer to a sort of ‘stiff upper lip’ attitude to life – the sort of thing that Rudyard Kipling recommended in his classic poem, ‘If’. Below, we’ve picked five of the best ancient works on Stoicism and related philosophical ideas.
Oct 9, 2020 · Alongside the contributors to this special issue and, crucially, with others within and outside academia, the interconnectedness of discourse about race and poetry in the UK must revise long-held views about what constitute so-called minority and majority subject positions.
- Sandeep Parmar
- 2020
If by Rudyard Kipling was posted recently it's a great example of Victorian Stoic Poetry. I'm also familiar with Invictus by William Ernest Henley, which is similarly fantastic. I've tried searching but I can't find any other examples of Victorian Stoic Poetry. Is anyone aware of any others?
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Nov 2, 2020 · Books, poems and plays during this period amplified this exaggerated stoicism, and some of Britain’s best-loved work from the 19th Century positively drips with it.