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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... things somehow . That will leave us with something substantial in hand . We could buy up a few necessaries with some ... thing— ” ( SE 13 ) . In the end , though , a swift few paragraphs later , Turner's fantasized prosperity dissolves ...
... thing that was going on in the house " ( MA 209 ) . We see just how sad and telling this fact is when we remind ourselves that this is said of the house in the yard where Haynes lives , a house to which he has ready access . In a way ...
... thing that might make a life together for them possible . In the end , Maisie has far greater faith in her prospects ... things she would be to him what Maisie was in all " ( MA 212 ) . Haynes , having passed his early years in 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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