New World Adams: Conversations With Contemporary West Indian Writers - Couverture souple

Cumber Dance, Daryl

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 190071504X ISBN 13 : 9781900715041

Editeur : Peepal Tree Press Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

In this updated collection of interviews with 22 of the most important writers of the English-speaking Caribbean, matters of relevant biography, social and political context, the writer's attitudes toward language, and his or her agenda as a Caribbean person are explored. Providing more than just a valuable sourcebook for readers of West Indian writing, these interviews are probing, combative, reflective, and absorbing. The writers interviewed include Michael Anthony, Louise Bennett, Jan Carew, Martin Carter, Denis Williams, Austin Clarke, Neville Dawes, Wilson Harris, John Hearne, C. L. R. James, Ismith Khan, George Lamming, Earl Lovelace, Tony McNeil, Pam Mordecai, Velma Pollard, Mervyn Morris, Orlando Patterson, Vic Reid, Dennis Scott, Sam Selvon, Michael Thelwell, Derek Walcott, and Sylvia Wynter.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Daryl C. Dance is a professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. She is the recipient of Ford Foundation Fellowships and a Fulbright research grant. She is the author of Fifty Caribbean Writers, which was named as the outstanding reference book of 1986 by Library Journal; Folklore from Contemporary Jamaicans; Honey, Hush!; Long Gone; and Shuckin' and Jivin'.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peepal Tree Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 190071504X
• ISBN 13: 9781900715041
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 340
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible