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This text introduces the Caribbean anglophone novel to students.This text offers introductory essays on eight major Caribbean novels and shorter essays on ten other Caribbean novels, as well as a brief historical survey of the development of the Caribbean novel. North America: Heinemann; Caribbean: Ian Randle Publishers

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Introduction - historical survey of the Caribbean novel in English; the brigher sun, Samuel Selvon; in the castle of my skin, George Lamming; the children of Sisyphus, Orlando Patterson; crick, crack, monkey, Merle Hodge; the harder they come, Michael Thelwell; the wine of astonishment, Earl Lovelace; angel, Merle Collins; Abeng, Michelle Cliff; minty alley, C.L.R. James; new day, V.S. Reid; crown jewel, Ralph de Boissiere; wide Sargasso sea, Jean Rhys; the chosen place, the timeless people, Paule Marshall; Beka lamb, Zee Edgell; salt, Earl Lovelace.

The Caribbean Novel in English

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    A Paperback / softback by M. Keith Booker, Dubravka Juraga

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      Publisher: James Currey
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/03/2001
      ISBN13: 9780852555606, 978-0852555606
      ISBN10: 0852555601

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This text introduces the Caribbean anglophone novel to students.This text offers introductory essays on eight major Caribbean novels and shorter essays on ten other Caribbean novels, as well as a brief historical survey of the development of the Caribbean novel. North America: Heinemann; Caribbean: Ian Randle Publishers

      Table of Contents
      Introduction - historical survey of the Caribbean novel in English; the brigher sun, Samuel Selvon; in the castle of my skin, George Lamming; the children of Sisyphus, Orlando Patterson; crick, crack, monkey, Merle Hodge; the harder they come, Michael Thelwell; the wine of astonishment, Earl Lovelace; angel, Merle Collins; Abeng, Michelle Cliff; minty alley, C.L.R. James; new day, V.S. Reid; crown jewel, Ralph de Boissiere; wide Sargasso sea, Jean Rhys; the chosen place, the timeless people, Paule Marshall; Beka lamb, Zee Edgell; salt, Earl Lovelace.

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