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Literature and Culture in the Black Atlantic: From Pre- to Postcolonial

By Kofi Omoniyi Sylvanus Campbell (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Year
2006
ISBN
978-1-349-73650-8, 978-1-137-05613-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
21 MB (22458386 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
VIII, 200\204
Time added
2017-11-21 00:00:00
Literary Theory; Cultural Theory; North American L

Description

This book extends our understanding of the black Atlantic, a term coined by Paul Gilroy to describe the political, cultural and creative interrelations among blacks living in Africa, the Americas and Europe. This study focuses on pre-colonial English literary constructions and their effects on post-Independence Caribbean literature. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Introduction....Pages 1-18 Front Matter....Pages 19-19 Beginnings I: Africa in the Medieval European Imaginary....Pages 21-52 “Ethiopes like the develes of helle”: Monster Theory, Giants, and the Sowdone of Babylone....Pages 53-84 Front Matter....Pages 85-85 On the Crest of Two Worlds: the Renaissance Precolonial....Pages 87-122 Mimicry and Identity on the Black Atlantic: Derek Walcott’s Dream on Monkey Mountain....Pages 123-153 Conclusion....Pages 155-161 Back Matter....Pages 163-200

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