Writing in Limbo Modernism and Caribbean Literature

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 i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Gikandi, Simon, autor (autor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press [2018]
Colección:De Gruyter Open Access ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 recurso electrónico
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781501722936