Caribbean culture and british fiction in the atlantic world, 1780–1870
Auteur :
Watson, Tim
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521188715
Date de publication :
3 mars 2011
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
420 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Combines literary criticism and historical analysis, examining a wide range of sources to rescue the stories of ordinary black Jamaicans and travelling African Americans from historical obscurity. At the same time, the book uses canonical fiction to show how crucial Caribbean culture was in the development of British fiction.