Emigration and Caribbean Literature [electronic resource] /
McIntosh, Malachi.author.
During and after the two World Wars, a cohort of Caribbean authors migrated to the UK and France. Dissecting writers like Lamming, Césaire, and Glissant, McIntosh reveals how these Caribbean writers were pushed to represent themselves as authentic spokesmen for their people, coming to represent the concerns of the emigrant intellectual community.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Island Lives and Metropolitan Eyes1. Organic Intellectuals and Caribbean Fields2. Participant-Observers: Emigration, Lamming, Naipaul, Selvon3. Migration as Escape: In the Castle of My Skin, Miguel Street, A Brighter Sun4. Patrons, Power Struggles, Position-takings: Emigration, Ce;saire, Glissant, Cape;cia5. Migrants as Martyrs: Notebook of a Return to Native Land, The Ripening, I Am A Martinican WomanConclusion: New Arrivals, Further Departures: Caribbean Movement and the Future.
During and after the two World Wars, a cohort of Caribbean authors migrated to the UK and France. Dissecting writers like Lamming, Césaire, and Glissant, McIntosh reveals how these Caribbean writers were pushed to represent themselves as authentic spokesmen for their people, coming to represent the concerns of the emigrant intellectual community.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Literature   .
America-Literatures.
Literature-Philosophy.
Literature-History and criticism.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
North American Literature.
Literary Theory.
Literary History.