Soundings in French Caribbean Writing 1950-2000: The Shock of Space and Time
| AUTHOR | Gallagher, Mary |
| PUBLISHER | OUP Oxford (01/23/2003) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
Description
Since 1950, French Caribbean writers have attracted international attention to their work and to their lively exploration of the unique circumstances that detonated this literary explosion. This book probes their particularly intense, even fraught sensitivity to space and to time, highlighting the insights that they offer into global issues of distance and displacement, history and memory, and into the possibilities and constraints of writing.
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ISBN-13:
9780198159827
ISBN-10:
019815982X
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
302
Carton Quantity:
22
Product Dimensions:
6.46 x 0.80 x 8.74 inches
Weight:
1.19 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Reference | General
Reference | European - French
Reference | Caribbean & Latin American
Dewey Decimal:
840.972
Library of Congress Control Number:
2002070205
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Since 1950, French Caribbean writers have attracted international attention to their work and to their lively exploration of the unique circumstances that detonated this literary explosion. This book probes their particularly intense, even fraught sensitivity to space and to time, highlighting the insights that they offer into global issues of distance and displacement, history and memory, and into the possibilities and constraints of writing.
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Author:
Gallagher, Mary
Mary Gallagher is a Policy Officer for Practical Action and focuses on improving the access of poor women and men to energy services, contributing to the organisations' vision of achieving Total Energy Access.
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