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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... Opinion . Their motto , " Educate , propagate and agitate ” ( which James was later to repeat as the title of an important essay ) , is an apt description of James's entire career . According to John Gaffar LaGuerre , the bureau's ...
... Opinion ” ( RV 40 ) . This observation leads directly to James's recommended plan of action . The very first thing he advises is publication of a pamphlet that , in outline , closely resembles his own History of Negro Revolt . Alongside ...
... opinions of the people ” ( AC 39 ) that would establish the same points as those he had made by citing various intellectuals , as if the anticipated work in American Civilization were to be something of an oral autocritique of the ...
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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