Geoffrey Philp and the Reggae Aesthetics

Abstract

This article focuses on the influence of reggae on Geoffrey Philp's poetry through the concept of "versioning" ("creative recycling"), a cultural practice which goes back to the roots of reggae. This practice can be said to apply to the way Geoffrey Philp's poetry constitutes a kind of dialogue with Derek Walcott's poetry, with the classics of Jamaican poetry, and with reggae culture itself.

Keywords

• aesthetics
• intertextuality
• poetry
• reggae
• versioning