A Vision of the Land: V.S. Naipaul's Later Novels

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Cooke,John (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    December, 1979
    Published:
    Mona, Jamaica: Extra Mural Dept. of the University College of the West Indies
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Caribbean Quarterly
    Journal Title Details:
    25(4) : 31-47
    Subject Term:
    Caribbean area, History, Authors, Colonialism, Criticism and interpretation, Civilization, and Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-
    Notes:
    Part of the vision depicted in the novels Middle Passage and Mimic Men is that the image local history is the scenery and landscape. Expresses idea that colonization creates nothing. It is obvious in a place, thrives there then disappears.

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