Crossing the Line : Early Creole Novels and Anglophone Caribbean Culture in the Age of Emancipation /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ward, Candace (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
West Indian fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Caribbean fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
West Indian fiction (English)
Plantation life in literature.
Literature.
Creoles.
Colonies in literature.
Caribbean fiction (English)
LITERARY CRITICISM > Caribbean & Latin American.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Colonies dans la litterature.
Creoles > Caraïbes (Region) > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Roman antillais (anglais) > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Creoles > Caribbean Area > History > 18th century.
West Indian fiction (English) > 19th century > History and criticism.
Caribbean fiction (English) > 19th century > History and criticism.
West Indies.
Caribbean Area.
Antilles > Dans la litterature.
Caraïbes (Region) > Dans la litterature.
West Indies > In literature.
Caribbean Area > In literature.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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