Contemporary Caribbean Women''s Poetry - Making Style

Informationen zum Autor Denise deCaires Narain Klappentext This text provides detailed readings of individual poems by women poets whose work has not yet received the sustained critical attention it deserves. Zusammenfassung This text provides detailed readings of individual poems by women poets whose work has not yet received the sustained critical attention it deserves. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Literary mothers? Una Marson and Phyllis Shand Allfrey 2 The lure of the folk: Louise Bennett and the politics of Creole 3 Speaking and performing the Creole word: the work of Valerie Bloom, Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze, Merle Collins and Amryl Johnson 4 More body talk: righting or writing the body? The work of Lorna Goodison, Mahadai Das, Grace Nichols and Marlene Nourbese Philip 5 Playing the field: anthologizing, canonizing and problematizing Caribbean women’s writing

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: De Caires Narain D, Denise deCaires Narain
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 19.02.2004
• EAN: 9780415340601
• ISBN: 978-0-415-34060-1
• Pagine: 272
• Serie: Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures; Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, Caribbean islands, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: poetry and poets