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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... Melville showed men occupied , and dramatized their occupations with one another . Rather than indite a tempting vision of the American dream hovering above the horizon , Melville found , in the concrete proceedings of daily life , the ...
... Melville's errant art , for not only does Melville never overtly propose a mode of reconciling these powerful conflicts , he seems to suggest that they may not be reconciled . James writes that " Melville saw , and indeed on the basis ...
... Melville's role in nineteenth - century American intellectual life : “ Why didn't they do it ? Here Melville does a most extraordinary thing . He says frankly that he doesn't know . . . . Melville cannot understand why . It should be ...
Contents
SPHERES Of Existence WHAT MAISie Knew | 3 |
AT THE RENDEZVOUS OF VICTORY | 51 |
THE FUTURE IN THE PRESENT | 95 |
Copyright | |
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