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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... North American historian agrees largely with James's interpretations of questions of race and class , concluding that “ The Black Jacobins is a notable contribution to the history of the Caribbean and of class struggle " and that James ...
... North America in which James draws out the incredible importance of the Haitian events to both blacks and whites in the United States , something that many American historians at the time were in the process of forgetting . Another ...
... North America , derived their impetus from religious visionaries . Though the leadership formed their movements as mass expressions of religious belief , James translates these actions into secular terms . Speaking , for one instance ...
Contents
SPHERES Of Existence WHAT MAISie Knew | 3 |
AT THE RENDEZVOUS OF VICTORY | 51 |
THE FUTURE IN THE PRESENT | 95 |
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| Title | C.L.R. James: A Critical Introduction |
| Author | Aldon Lynn Nielsen |
| Publisher | University Press of Mississippi, 1997 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0878059725, 9780878059720 |
| Length | 199 pages |
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