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Creole noise early Caribbean dialect literature and performance

Title
Creole noise [electronic resource] : early Caribbean dialect literature and performance / Belinda Edmondson.
Author
Edmondson, Belinda.
Publication
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]

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Description
1 online resource (205 pages) : illustrations.
Uniform Title
Creole noise (Online)
Alternative Title
  • Creole noise (Online)
  • Early Caribbean dialect literature and performance
Subject
  • Caribbean literature (English) > History and criticism
  • West Indian literature (English) > History and criticism
  • English literature > Caribbean influences
  • Race in literature
  • Creole literature
  • West Indies > History > In literature
  • Caribbean Area > History > In literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-183) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on print version record.
Contents
Introduction: Speaking badly (in prose) -- White Creoles, 'bad' grammar, and the birth of dialect -- literature -- Violent ventriloquism: the golden age -- The Charles Dickens of Jamaica -- Travelling dialect -- Home to Harlem -- Epilogue: Global creole.
OCLC
ssj0002709711
Author
Edmondson, Belinda.
Title
Creole noise [electronic resource] : early Caribbean dialect literature and performance / Belinda Edmondson.
Imprint
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Edition
First edition.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-183) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Note
Description based on print version record.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Other Form:
Print version: Edmondson, Belinda. Creole noise : early Caribbean dialect literature and performance. First edition. Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, c2022 205 pages 9780192856838 (DLC) 2021951336
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