Myth and History in Caribbean Fiction: Alejo Carpentier, Wilson Harris, and Edouard Glissant

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Webb,Barbara J. (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    1992
    WorldCat URL:
    http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/0870237845
    Published:
    Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    ISBN:
    0870237845
    Subject Term:
    Caribbean area, Literature, Fiction, Harris, Wilson, Criticism and interpretation, Glissant, Edouard, 1928-, History and criticism (genre, time periods, etc.), Carpentier, Alejo (1904-1980), and Myth and mythology
    Notes:
    185 p, Contents: Pt. 1. Myth as a historical mode : Lo real maravilloso americano -- Lo real maravilloso in Caribbean fiction -- The folk imagination and history : El reino de este mundo, The secret ladder, and Le quatrième siècle -- Pt. 2. The problematic quest for origins -- The myth of El Dorado : Los pasos perdidos and Palace of the peacock -- Pt. 3. Myth and history : the dialectics of culture -- History as mythic discourse : El siglo de las luces, Tumatumari, and La case du commandeur -- The poetics of identity and difference : Black Marsden and Concierto barroco

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