C.L.R. James: A Critical IntroductionUniversity Press of Mississippi, 1997 - 199 pages 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. |
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... Haynes as center of consciousness , for “ the character of Haynes . . . by virtue of his position as a member of both the ruling and the oppressed classes , may be said to mediate a simultaneous identification with the ideological ...
... Haynes ? Education . That's what it is . Education . If I had a child I would sacrifice anything to give him education " ( MA 152 ) . Haynes's mother has sacrificed , as have the renters of certain rooms in the slum quarters , so that ...
... Haynes , so readers only learn of what is already common knowledge to all the others as Haynes learns of it . Maisie's " we " does not include us , though the implication of the narrative is that it could . One of the reasons that Haynes ...
Contents
Spheres of EXISTENCE WHAT MAISIE KNEW | 3 |
Minty Alley | 17 |
Preface to Criticism | 35 |
Copyright | |
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