Writing in Limbo Modernism and Caribbean Literature |
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| Author:
| Gikandi, Simon |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5017-1990-5 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2018 |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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In Simon Gikandi's view, Caribbean literature and postcolonial literature more generally negotiate an uneasy relationship with the concepts of modernism and modernity--a relationship in which the Caribbean writer, unable to escape a history encoded by Europe, accepts the challenge of rewriting it.
In Simon Gikandi's view, Caribbean literature and postcolonial literature more generally negotiate an uneasy relationship with the concepts of modernism and modernity--a relationship in which the Caribbean writer, unable to escape a history encoded by Europe, accepts the challenge of rewriting it.