The primordial image: African, Afro-American, and Caribbean mythopoetic text

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Dieke,Ikenna (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    1993
    WorldCat URL:
    http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/9780820413204
    Published:
    New York: P. Lang
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    ISBN:
    0820413208; 9780820413204
    Subject Term:
    Caribbean area, Blacks, Authors, Literature, Intellectual life, Africa, History and criticism, and Symbolism
    Notes:
    434 p., Establishes that in African, African American and Caribbean literature certain primordial and mythic patterns recur sufficiently to be recognizable as familiar elements in our literary experience. Each chapter identifies and discusses an archetypal image in relationship to a specific work or set of works.

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