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Crossing the line : early Creole novels and anglophone Caribbean culture in the age of emancipation /
"Crossing the Line examines a group of novels by white creoles -- white writers whose identities and perspectives were shaped by their experiences in Britain's Caribbean colonies. Four novels anchor the study: three anonymously published works, Montgomery; or, the West-Indian Adventurer (1...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2017.
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| Colección: | New World studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: why creole? why the novel?
- Hortus creolensis: cultivating the creole novel
- "A permanent revolution": time, history, and constructions of Africa in Cynric Williams's Hamel, the obeah man
- "Lost subjects": the specter of idleness and the work of Marly; or, a planter's life in Jamaica
- Recentering the Caribbean: revolution and the creole cosmopolis in Warner Arundell
- Conclusion: the unfinished business of early creole (historical) novels.