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Voices of the crossing : the impact of Britain on writers from Asia, the Caribbean, and Africa
- Title
- Voices of the crossing : the impact of Britain on writers from Asia, the Caribbean, and Africa / edited by Ferdinand Dennis and Naseem Khan.
- Publication
- London : Serpent's Tail, 2000.
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- Description
- vii, 179 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "This collection of original essays brings together the distilled experiences of fourteen very different writers from the Caribbean, Africa and the Indian subcontinent. All started life in the former colonies and have either spent extended periods in Britain or settled here - and all have enriched its literature with new themes and ways of seeing, expressed with an exuberant use of language. Their accounts - reflective, anecdotal, autobiographical - of their very different cultural journeys and of how living in Britain has influenced their writing create a rich medley of voices."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Commonwealth
- 1900-1999
- English literature > Minority authors > History and criticism > Theory, etc
- Immigrants' writings, English > History and criticism > Theory, etc
- Emigration and immigration in literature
- Immigrants > Great Britain > Biography
- Ethnic groups in literature
- Immigrants in literature
- Authorship
- authorship
- Immigrants
- Intellectual life
- Englisch
- Interkulturalität
- Kulturkontakt
- Literarisches Leben
- Literatur
- Quelle
- Schriftsteller
- Literaturbeziehungen
- Invloed
- Schrijvers
- Great Britain > Intellectual life > 20th century
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Preface / Ferdinand Dennis, Naseem Khan -- Introduction / Naseem Khan -- Taking the Drawing Room Through Customs / E.A. Markham -- Deep Roots, New Language / Attia Hosain -- Waltzing Across Four and a Half Decades / B.A. Gilroy -- Journeys without Maps / Ferdinand Dennis -- Becoming a Caribbean Man / John Figueroa -- West Indian Writers in Britain / David Dabydeen -- A Writer in Exile / Mulk Raj Anand -- Changes of Scenery / Dom Moraes -- Crossing Boundaries / Buchi Emecheta -- In Search of a Talisman / Rukhsana Ahmad -- Liars, Hypocrites, Imperialists and Sages / G.V. Desani -- The Vernacular Cosmopolitan / Homi Bhabha -- Ancestors I Carry / James Berry -- Speaking in Tongues / Farrukh Dhondy -- Afterword / Nirad Chaudhuri.
- ISBN
- 1852425830
- 9781852425838
- LCCN
- 99063336
- OCLC
- ocm42579089
- 42579089
- SCSB-965222
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library