Understanding Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John
Subtitle: a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents
By: Deborah Mistron.
Series: The Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series,
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: Kincaid, Jamaica. -- Examinations -- Study guides; Mothers and daughters -- Antigua -- History -- Sources; Literature and society -- Antigua -- Sources; Teenage girls -- Antigua -- History -- Sources; Women and literature -- Antigua -- Sources; Antigua -- History -- Sources
Description: A literary analysis of Annie John examines the novel in light of its historical, social, and cultural contexts and as a coming-of-age novel. Each chapter concludes with study questions and topics for research papers and class discussion based on the documents in the chapter, and lists of further reading for examining the themes and issues raised by the novel. This casebook is valuable to students and teachers to help them understand the setting of the novel, its themes, and its young heroine.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.