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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... discussion of Cipriani's positions in the debate over divorce legislation , and each proffers this discussion as an instance of James's biased reporting . Neither mentions the fact that the Beacon group were , as Reinhard Sander puts it ...
... discussions of literature , James was often to remark the fact that many of the most important shifts in English writing ... discussion around the example of literary metamorphosis . " The criticism of literature , the break - up of the ...
... discussions with the audience to reassert this very point . ) James notes that " for the word abolition , aufhebung ... discussing the self - developing value of capitalist society , Marx uses a term that James then unfolds ...
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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