The Caribbean Novel in English

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The Caribbean Novel in English An Introduction

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M. Keith Booker, Dubravka Juraga

Book Code: E00252

ISBN: 0-325-00252-5

ISBN-13: 978-0-325-00252-1

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216 pages

Heinemann

Publication: 11/30/2000

List Price: $62.50

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Description: The Caribbean has long played a central role in the history of the novel in English. Written as a basic textbook for American and British undergraduate survey courses in Caribbean literature, this book outlines important issues students should consider when reading the Anglophone Caribbean novel. The authors provide a cogent historical survey of the development of the Caribbean novel within the context of broader developments such as colonialism, decolonization, and post-colonialism. Essays on eight novels by prominent Caribbean novelists explore their major themes and concerns. In addition, a number of shorter essays examine other novelists and their writings.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Historical Survey of the Caribbean Novel in English
Full-Length Essays
In the Castle of My Skin by George Lamming
The Chosen Place, the Timeless People by Paule Marshall
Crick Crack, Monkey by Merle Hodge
Moses Ascending by Sam Selvon
The Harder They Come by Michael Thelwell
Beka Lamb by Zee Edgell
The Wine of Astonishment by Earl Lovelace
Abeng by Michelle Cliff
Shorter Essays
Minty Alley by C.L.R. James
New Day by V. S. Reid
Crown Jewel by Ralph De Boissière
The Hills Were Joyful Together by Roger Mais
Miguel Street by V. S. Naipaul
The Palace of the Peacock by Wilson Harris
The Children of Sisyphus by Orlando Patterson
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Angel by Merle Collins
Salt by Earl Lovelace
Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 00-025366

LCC Class: PR9205

Dewey Class: 813


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