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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... John ” ( MP 6 ) . James suggests to his attentive audience that if someone in " any ordinary colony " were to write today as Saint John had in his day , that person would be arrested ( MP 7 ) . One hesitates to predict how existing ...
... John Gaffar , 131 , 133 Lake , Veronica , 159 Lamming , George , xx , 12 , 13 , 15 , 47 , 184 La Rose , John , 144 Larsen , Neil , 152 Lazarus , Neil , 177 Leclerc , General , 74 Lee , Grace . See Boggs , Grace Lee Lefebvre , M. Georges ...
... John , 143 Saint Matthew , 171 Salkey , Andrew , 144–45 Samaroo , Brinsley , 6 , 7 Sander , Reinhard , 7 , 23 Sartre , Jean Paul , xxv , 152 Saussure , Ferdinand de , 106 Shakespeare , William , xv , xix , 11 , 14 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41-43 ...
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SPHERES Of Existence WHAT MAISie Knew | 3 |
AT THE RENDEZVOUS OF VICTORY | 51 |
THE FUTURE IN THE PRESENT | 95 |
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