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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... streets in rebellion seeking redress of their grievances . Power was in the streets but the radical leadership did not know what to do with it . In Rodney's case , in contrast , James felt that the younger revolutionary had attempted to ...
... streets and to lead a mass movement " ( 7 ) . Only when the gathering forces of the people , drawn together by a cadre of vulnerable middle - class teachers and labor activists , turned to Reverend Martin Luther King to serve as the ...
... 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 Boundary has received considerably more critical ...
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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