Writing in Limbo : : Modernism and Caribbean Literature / / Simon Gikandi.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©1992 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (260 pages) |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Modernism and the Origins of Caribbean Literature
- 1. Caribbean Modernist Discourse : Writing, Exile, and Tradition
- 2. From Exile to Nationalism: The Early Novels of George Lamming
- 3. Beyond the Kala-Pani: The Trinidad Novels of Samuel Selvon
- 4. The Deformation Of Modernism: The Allegory of History in Carpentier's El siglo de las luces
- 5. Modernism and the Masks of History: The Novels of Paule Marshall
- 6. Writing after Colonialism: Crick Crack, Monkey and Beka Lamb
- 7. Narration at the Postcolonial Moment: History and Representation in Abeng
- Conclusion
- Index