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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... living possible " ( 79 ) . It is because he has lost the key support for his own standard of living that Haynes , who all his life has been dependent upon his mother and their servant , Ella , takes up residence within Number 2 Minty ...
... living then could foresee , as we can foresee to - day , the coming upheavals . ' The star had not yet risen in the East . ” Of course , one need not be a Marxist to recognize that few historians of the late eighteenth century could ...
... living so it breaks out . And people who are writing or speaking take part in that " ( EC 33-34 ) . This is nearly the same answer James and his colleagues had delivered to a dubious audience of intellectuals and activists at midcentury ...
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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