The autobiography of Alfred H. Mendes 1897-1991 / edited by Michele Levy.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Levy, Michèle, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Mendes, Alfred Hubert, 1897-1991.
• Authors, Trinidadian--20th century--Biography.
• Trinidad and Tobago--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Barbados : University of the Wet Indies Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Portuguese Creole author Alfred H. Mendes was an important member of the Beacon Group of writers in Trinidad in the 1930s. His autobiography offers a private perspective of the man behind a popular West Indian personality, and includes annotations and an introduction by Michele Levy.

Contents:

• Intro
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Editor's Note
• Introduction: Alfred Hubert Mendes, West Indian Writer, 1897-1991
• THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
• Chapter 1 Madeira Prologue, 1846-1897
• Chapter 2 Early Memories, 1897-1912
• Chapter 3 School in England, 1912-1915
• Chapter 4 War, 1916
• Chapter 5 War, 1916-1919
• Chapter 6 Writing - Trinidad, 1919-1930
• Chapter 7 Writing - Trinidad, 1931-1933
• Chapter 8 Writing - New York, 1933-1940
• Chapter 9 Writing - New York, 1933-1940
• Chapter 10 New York, 1933-1940
• Conclusion: Trinidad, 1940-1972
• Barbados, 1973-1978
• Appendix A: "Looping the Loop
• Appendix B: Letter to Ellen Mendes from Alfred Mendes in Portugal
• Appendix C: Nine Sonnets "For R-
• Appendix D: Extract from the remembrance delivered by Stephen Mendes at his father's funeral service
• Appendix E: Alfred H. Mendes's Family Tree
• Chronology
• Notes
• Works
• Works Cited
• Index
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W.

Notes:

• Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 22, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4356-9493-7

OCLC:

302412136