Denis Williams, a life in works : : new and collected essays / / edited by Charlotte Williams and Evelyn A. Williams ; foreword by David Dabydeen.
Denis Williams, painter, teacher, novelist, archaeologist, and cultural administrator, is one of the founding fathers of modern Guyana. His involvement in several of the country’s key cultural institutions and his pioneering work on Guyana’s founding peoples ensures him a special place in the countr...
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Denis Williams, a life in works : new and collected essays / edited by Charlotte Williams and Evelyn A. Williams ; foreword by David Dabydeen. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2010. 1 online resource (xxi, 238 pages) : illustrations. text txt computer c online resource cr Cross/cultures ; 120 Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph English Includes bibliographical references. Preliminary Material -- The “Uncanny-Potency” of Art / Evelyn A. Williams -- Two Periods in the Work of a West Indian Artist / Wilson Harris -- The Unframing of the “Indwelling”: Self-Portraits / Andrew Jefferson–Miles -- Speaking to Contemporary Art History: Denis Williams and Guyana / Leon Wainwright -- “The closeness of profound curiosity”: The Parallel Visions of Wilson Harris and Denis Williams / Louis James -- “A young man with a hope”: Side Notes on the Novel Other Leopards / Charlotte Williams -- Denis Williams and the New Novel: The Status of The Third Temptation / Vibert C. Cambridge -- Preparing the Palette: The Artist in Words / Andrew Lindsay -- The Òṣogbo Art Workshop / Ulli Beier -- Denis Williams in Africa: A New Approach to Its Arts and Technologies / Charles Gore and John Picton -- Meeting Denis – A Mind Engaged: A Tribute to Denis Williams (1923–1998) / Stanley Greaves -- ‘The Island of Guiana’ / Jennifer Wishart and Evelyn A. Williams -- “As it was in the beginning”: A Commentary on Prehistoric Guiana / Nicholas Laughlin -- “He lived his life totally” / Anne Walmsley -- Denis Williams: Primary and Secondary Bibliography -- Chronology -- Notes on Contributors. Denis Williams, painter, teacher, novelist, archaeologist, and cultural administrator, is one of the founding fathers of modern Guyana. His involvement in several of the country’s key cultural institutions and his pioneering work on Guyana’s founding peoples ensures him a special place in the country’s history books. Williams also contributed to the outpouring of literature that accompanied the awakening consciousness of Caribbean nations and their drive for independence. His literary work is seminal in depicting the character of the Caribbean person and landscape, and the nature of ancestral (African and Afro-Caribbean) identities. His studies of African art and culture encouraged the young nation of Guyana to turn away from Western epistemologies and to pay serious intellectual attention to other origins. His research into the archaeology and culture of the Amerindian population of Guyana and beyond laid the pathway for further scholarship. The essays assembled here bring together eminent scholars and commentators to offer authoritative analyses of the various aspects of Williams’s work – artistic, academic, and literary – and capture the rationale for, the interconnections between, and the evident trajectory of Williams’s life work as the epitome of the changing nature of the Caribbean condition. As well as wide-ranging biographical essays, and studies of Williams’s activities as a painter, the collection contains a comprehensive primary and secondary bibliography, a generous selection of colour plates, and individual essays devoted to the published novels ( Other Leopards ; The Third Temptation ) and other published and unpublished fiction, and to Williams’s archaeological masterpiece, Prehistoric Guiana . Contributors: Ulli Beier, Vibert Cambridge, David Dabydeen, Charles Gore, Stanley Greaves, Wilson Harris, Louis James, Andrew Jefferson–Miles, Nicholas Laughlin, Andrew Lindsay, John Picton, Leon Wainwright, Anne Walmsley, Charlotte Williams, Evelyn A. Williams, Jennifer Wishart. National characteristics, Caribbean. Civilization. fast Intellectual life. fast National characteristics, Caribbean. fast Guyana Intellectual life. Guyana Civilization 20th century. Guyana. fast Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast Williams, Denis, 1923-1998 Criticism and interpretation. Williams, Denis, 1923-1998. fast 1900-1999 fast 90-420-2791-6 Williams, Charlotte, 1954- Williams, Evelyn A. Cross/Cultures 120. |
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Denis Williams, a life in works : new and collected essays / Cross/cultures ; Preliminary Material -- The “Uncanny-Potency” of Art / Two Periods in the Work of a West Indian Artist / The Unframing of the “Indwelling”: Self-Portraits / Speaking to Contemporary Art History: Denis Williams and Guyana / “The closeness of profound curiosity”: The Parallel Visions of Wilson Harris and Denis Williams / “A young man with a hope”: Side Notes on the Novel Other Leopards / Denis Williams and the New Novel: The Status of The Third Temptation / Preparing the Palette: The Artist in Words / The Òṣogbo Art Workshop / Denis Williams in Africa: A New Approach to Its Arts and Technologies / Meeting Denis – A Mind Engaged: A Tribute to Denis Williams (1923–1998) / ‘The Island of Guiana’ / “As it was in the beginning”: A Commentary on Prehistoric Guiana / “He lived his life totally” / Denis Williams: Primary and Secondary Bibliography -- Chronology -- Notes on Contributors. |
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Preliminary Material -- The “Uncanny-Potency” of Art / Two Periods in the Work of a West Indian Artist / The Unframing of the “Indwelling”: Self-Portraits / Speaking to Contemporary Art History: Denis Williams and Guyana / “The closeness of profound curiosity”: The Parallel Visions of Wilson Harris and Denis Williams / “A young man with a hope”: Side Notes on the Novel Other Leopards / Denis Williams and the New Novel: The Status of The Third Temptation / Preparing the Palette: The Artist in Words / The Òṣogbo Art Workshop / Denis Williams in Africa: A New Approach to Its Arts and Technologies / Meeting Denis – A Mind Engaged: A Tribute to Denis Williams (1923–1998) / ‘The Island of Guiana’ / “As it was in the beginning”: A Commentary on Prehistoric Guiana / “He lived his life totally” / Denis Williams: Primary and Secondary Bibliography -- Chronology -- Notes on Contributors. |
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Preliminary Material -- The “Uncanny-Potency” of Art / Two Periods in the Work of a West Indian Artist / The Unframing of the “Indwelling”: Self-Portraits / Speaking to Contemporary Art History: Denis Williams and Guyana / “The closeness of profound curiosity”: The Parallel Visions of Wilson Harris and Denis Williams / “A young man with a hope”: Side Notes on the Novel Other Leopards / Denis Williams and the New Novel: The Status of The Third Temptation / Preparing the Palette: The Artist in Words / The Òṣogbo Art Workshop / Denis Williams in Africa: A New Approach to Its Arts and Technologies / Meeting Denis – A Mind Engaged: A Tribute to Denis Williams (1923–1998) / ‘The Island of Guiana’ / “As it was in the beginning”: A Commentary on Prehistoric Guiana / “He lived his life totally” / Denis Williams: Primary and Secondary Bibliography -- Chronology -- Notes on Contributors. |
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