Writing in Limbo

Simon Gikandi

Description

In Simon Gikandi's view, Caribbean literature and postcolonial literature more generally negotiate an uneasy relationship with the concepts of modernism and modernity-a relationship in which the Caribbean writer, unable to escape a history encoded by Europe, accepts the challenge of rewriting it. Drawing on contemporary deconstructionist theory, Gikandi looks at how such Caribbean writers as George Lamming, Samuel Selvon, Alejo Carpentier, C. L. R. James, Paule Marshall, Merle Hodge, Zee Edgell, and Michelle Cliff have attempted to confront European modernism.

Sujets

• West Indies
• Idioma inglés
• Inglés estadounidense
• English
• American English
• Anglais

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 mars 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781501722936
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

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Open access edition funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities/ Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.

Copyright © 1992 by Cornell University

All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850, or visit our website at cornellpress.cornell.edu.

First published 1992 by Cornell University Press.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gikandi, Simon. Writing in limbo : modernism and Caribbean literature / Simon Gikandi. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-2575-2 (cloth) — ISBN-13: 978-1-5017-1990-5 (pbk.) 1. Caribbean Iction (English)—History and criticism. 2. Modernism (Literature)—Caribbean Area. 3. Carpentier, Alejo, 1904– Siglo de las luces. I. Title. 823—dc21 91-23284

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