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The Caribbean novel in English : an introduction / M. Keith Booker and Dubravka Juraga.

Title
The Caribbean novel in English : an introduction / M. Keith Booker and Dubravka Juraga.
Author
Booker, M. Keith
Publication
Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2001.

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Additional Authors
Juraga, Dubravka.
Description
viii, 205 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Andrae, A
  • 1900 - 1999
  • Caribbean fiction (English) > History and criticism
  • West Indian fiction (English) > History and criticism
  • English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Caribbean Area > In literature
  • West Indies > In literature
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Essays.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-199) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: Historical survey of the Caribbean novel in English -- George Lamming : In the castle of my skin (Barbados, 1953) -- Paule Marshall : The chosen place, the timeless people (Barbados/U.S., 1969) -- Merle Hodge : Crick crack, monkey (Trinidad, 1970) -- Sam Selvon : Moses ascending (Trinidad, 1975) -- Michael Thelwell : The harder they come (Jamaica, 1980) -- Zee Edgell : Beka Lamb (Belize, 1982) -- Earl Lovelace : The wine of astonishment (Trinidad, 1982) -- Michelle Cliff : Abeng (Jamaica, 1984) -- C.L.R. James : Minty Alley (Trinidad, 1936) -- V.S. Reid : New day (Jamaica, 1949) -- Ralph de Boissière : Crown jewel (Trinidad, 1952) -- Roger Mais : The hills were joyful together (Jamaica, 1953) -- V.S. Naipaul : Miguel Street (Trinidad, 1959) -- Wilson Harris : The palace of the peacock (Guyana, 1960) -- Orlando Patterson : The children of Sisyphus (Jamaica, 1964) -- Jean Rhys : Wide Sargasso Sea (Dominica, 1966) -- Merle Collins : Angel (Grenada, 1987) -- Earl Lovelace : Salt (Trinidad, 1996).
ISBN
  • 0325002126 (Heinemann pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0325002525 (Heinemann cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0852555601 (James Currey pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9766370249 (Ian Randle pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^00025366^
OCLC
  • 43569463
  • SCSB-10541981
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library