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Roots / Kamau Brathwaite.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brathwaite, Kamau, 1930-2020.
- Series:
- Ann Arbor paperbacks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Caribbean literature (English)--History and criticism.
- Caribbean literature (English).
- West Indian literature (English)--History and criticism.
- West Indian literature (English).
- Physical Description:
- 304 pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 1993.
- Summary:
- An award-winning poet, historian, and cultural critic, Brathwaite supports provocative assertions about the literary traditions of his islands with careful readings of V.S. Naipul, Derek Wolcott, and George Lamming, among others while, also offering the insights of writers not ordinarily associated with the Caribbean--James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, and LeRoi Jones.
- Contents:
- Sir Galahad and the Islands
- Roots
- Jazz and the West Indian novel
- Caribbean critics
- Creative literature of the British West Indies during the period of slavery
- Brother Mais
- The African presence in the Caribbean literature
- History of the voice.
- Notes:
- "First published in 1986 by Ediciones Casa de las Americas, Havana"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0472065440
- 0472095447
- OCLC:
- 28709497
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