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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... James was able to theorize a universal that was subject to temporal change and was produced by the emergence of a determinate social class , so James's texts offer forms of " open " totality , and a critical introduction to James's ...
... James's habit of purchasing multiple copies of books , magazines , and picture postcards to pass on to friends and acquaintances ” ( 176 ) , and anyone willing to read a book or look at a picture could be a friend of James . James's own ...
... James's book begins by welcoming James's biography at a time " when the people of the West Indies must develop a literature and philosophy of their own " ( Mentor 15 ) . On the other hand , the reviewer , Ralph Mentor , is displeased that ...
Contents
Spheres of EXISTENCE WHAT MAISIE KNEW | 3 |
Minty Alley | 17 |
Preface to Criticism | 35 |
Copyright | |
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