C.L.R. James : a critical introduction / Aldon Lynn Nielsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nielsen, Aldon Lynn

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

James, C. L. R. (Cyril Lionel Robert), 1901-1989--Criticism and interpretation.

James, C. L. R.

James, C. L. R. (Cyril Lionel Robert), 1901-1989.

Politics and literature--Caribbean Area.

Politics and literature.

Intellectual life.

Criticism and interpretation.

Caribbean Area--Intellectual life.

Caribbean Area.

Caribbean Area--In literature.

Trinidad--In literature.

Trinidad.

Black people in literature.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 199 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

CLR James

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [1997]

Summary:

This study of C. L. R. James's writings is the first to look at them as literature and not as theory. This sustained analysis of his major published works places them in the context of his less well-known writings and offers an encompassing critique of one of the African diaspora's most significant thinkers and writers. Here the author of Black Jacobins, World Revolution, A History of Pan-African Revolt, Beyond a Boundary, and the lyric novel Minty Alley is seen not only as among the great political philosophers but also as the literary artist that he remained, from his first writings in his native Trinidad through his underground years in America, to his final essays and speeches in London. The writings of James have inspired revolutionaries on three continents. They have altered the course of historiography, shown that way toward independent black political struggles, and established a base for much of today's study of culture. This study evaluates them as powerful works of literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-194) and index.

ISBN:

0878059725

0878059733

OCLC:

35758145