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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... stand alone . Again he is seen looking into Minty Alley from the outside . Standing in Victoria Street he once more gazes unseen at the life within . The new residents of Minty Alley , like the old , live with their windows and doors ...
... standing in the imperial path , Victoria Street , looking through a window to a domestic life he longs to share , the life of an everyday family going about their communal affairs . Though the opening chapter of James's Beyond a ...
... standing at shortleg when some batsman played an uppish stroke in my direction . Not one country cricketer in three ... stands during his first American baseball game ? If we return to the passage in which he reports his discomfort 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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