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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... equal in importance to that of the French Revolution in Europe . What James had planned was not simply the writing of inspi- rational tracts or the offering of examples to contemporary revolutionaries . Rather , he believed that ...
... ( Kas 33 ) , this much he was quite assured of as he wrote , that the daily lives and thoughts of the masses of Trinidadians held an intellectual and aesthetic interest easily the equal of 12 SPHERES OF EXISTENCE : WHAT MAISIE KNEW.
... equal or even greater changes in the Third World countries , as much as you expect them in the advanced countries : those governments have won independence , but that is all they have got " ( BL 53 ) . For all its romance and drama ...
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SPHERES Of Existence WHAT MAISie Knew | 3 |
AT THE RENDEZVOUS OF VICTORY | 51 |
THE FUTURE IN THE PRESENT | 95 |
Copyright | |
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