Caryl Phillips writing in the key of life : [conference held on 1 - 2 december 2006 at the University of Liège in Belgium]
This is the first critical collection devoted to the British-Caribbean author Caryl Phillips, a major voice in contemporary anglophone literatures. Phillips's impressive body of fiction, drama, and non-fiction has garnered wide praise for its formal inventiveness and its incisive social critici...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Amsterdam u.a.
Rodopi
2012
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| Schriftenreihe: | Cross/Cultures
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | This is the first critical collection devoted to the British-Caribbean author Caryl Phillips, a major voice in contemporary anglophone literatures. Phillips's impressive body of fiction, drama, and non-fiction has garnered wide praise for its formal inventiveness and its incisive social criticism as well as its unusually sensitive understanding of the human condition. The twenty-six contributions offered here, including two by Phillips himself, address the fundamental issues that have preoccupied the writer in his now three-decades-long career - the enduring legacy of history, the intricate workings of identity, and the pervasive role of race, class, and gender in societies worldwide. Most of Phillips's writing is covered here, in essays that approach it from various thematic and interpretative angles. These include the interplay of fact and fiction, Phillips's sometimes ambiguous literary affiliations, his long-standing interest in the black and Jewish diasporas, and his exploration of Britain and its 'Others', and his use of motifs such as masking and concealment |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturangaben |
| Beschreibung: | XXI, 441 S. |
| ISBN: | 9042034556 90-420-3455-6 9789042034556 978-90-420-3455-6 |