Denis Williams, a life in works : : new and collected essays / / edited by Charlotte Williams and Evelyn A. Williams ; foreword by David Dabydeen.

• Superior document: Cross/cultures ; 120
• TeilnehmendeR: Williams, Charlotte, 1954-; Williams, Evelyn A.
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam ;, New York : : Rodopi,, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Cross/Cultures 120.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 238 pages) :; illustrations.
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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...

Table of Contents

• 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.