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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... independence and political disaster . Alex Dupuy , in his reappraisal of James's history , holds that " James underemphasized the significance of an emerging new class of property owners within the ranks of Louverture's army ...
... independence seemed to promise that " ( BJ 373–74 ) . The transformation of revolutionary mass action into a revenge drama was the great tragedy of Haiti's history for James . He writes that there is " no need to waste one tear or one ...
... independence to democracy and social justice . Imperialism was not yet finished with Haiti , and from this the independence parties growing in Africa should take the lesson that far more than severance of colonial ties would be required ...
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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