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Stewart Brown (editor),
Grace MacCarone,
Christine Davenier (illustrator) and
John Wickham (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Oxford Univ Pr
Publication date
May 27, 1999
Pages
476
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780192832412
ISBN-10
0192832417
Dimensions
1.75 by 5.75 by 8.75 in.
Weight
1.45 lbs.
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Out of Print
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$19.95
Other format details
university press
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§As reported by publisher
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Making Literature Matter | Water | The Wine of Astonishment | Omeros | Miguel Street | The Dew Breaker | Annie John | The Heinemann Book of Caribbean Poetry | The Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Offers more than fifty stories by twentieth-century writers from the varied cultures in and around the Caribbean, including Jean Rhys, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Paule Marshall, and others
(view table of contents)Amazon.com description: Product Description: Some of the freshest, most vital, and diverse new literature written in the twentieth century has emerged from the Caribbean. And central to Caribbean literature is the short story, with its ties with the oral tradition. Now, The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories, edited by Stewart Brown and John Wickham, brings together fifty-two stories in a major anthology representing over a century's worth of pan-Caribbean short fiction. This breathtaking collection is unique--and indispensable--in its inclusion of authors from the English, French, Spanish, and Dutch-speaking Caribbean.
The distinctly Anglophone viewpoint of such prominent authors as Jean Rhys, Sam Sevlon, V.S. Naipual, and E.A. Markham is richly contrasted by contributions from French, Spanish, and Dutch writers like Alejo Carpentier, René Depestre, and Thea Doelwijt, while the new generation--represented by such writers as Edwidge Danticat and Patrick Chamoiseau--points the way forward for Caribbean writing into the twenty-first century. With his stimulating introduction, Brown provides an up-to-date overview of Caribbean writing. Exploring the literature's themes of history, race, social justice, identity, and migration, he traces its evolution from the gritty naturalism of the Anglophone tradition to the magical realism of the French and Spanish traditions to a body of contemporary pan-Caribbean literature that cannot be contained in any convenient linguistic, geographical, or thematic definition.
Charting the shifting ideologies and styles of this century--from the flamboyant wit of Samuel Selvon to the deceptive simplicity of Jamaica Kincaid--The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories delivers a wealth of satisfactions in a single volume with unprecedented range.
The distinctly Anglophone viewpoint of such prominent authors as Jean Rhys, Sam Sevlon, V.S. Naipual, and E.A. Markham is richly contrasted by contributions from French, Spanish, and Dutch writers like Alejo Carpentier, René Depestre, and Thea Doelwijt, while the new generation--represented by such writers as Edwidge Danticat and Patrick Chamoiseau--points the way forward for Caribbean writing into the twenty-first century. With his stimulating introduction, Brown provides an up-to-date overview of Caribbean writing. Exploring the literature's themes of history, race, social justice, identity, and migration, he traces its evolution from the gritty naturalism of the Anglophone tradition to the magical realism of the French and Spanish traditions to a body of contemporary pan-Caribbean literature that cannot be contained in any convenient linguistic, geographical, or thematic definition.
Charting the shifting ideologies and styles of this century--from the flamboyant wit of Samuel Selvon to the deceptive simplicity of Jamaica Kincaid--The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories delivers a wealth of satisfactions in a single volume with unprecedented range.
Editions
Editions for the work The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories
Paperback
from Oxford Univ Pr (March 21, 2002)
9780192802293 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $29.95
The price comparison is for this edition
With Christine Davenier (other contributor), Grace MacCarone |
from Oxford Univ Pr (May 27, 1999)
9780192832412 | details & prices | 476 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.75 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $19.95
This edition also contains Miss Lina's Ballerinas
About: Offers more than fifty stories by twentieth-century writers from the varied cultures in and around the Caribbean, including Jean Rhys, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Paule Marshall, and others
This edition also contains Miss Lina's Ballerinas
About: Offers more than fifty stories by twentieth-century writers from the varied cultures in and around the Caribbean, including Jean Rhys, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Paule Marshall, and others
Editions for the work Miss Lina's Ballerinas
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
With Stewart Brown (other contributor), Grace MacCarone, John Wickham (other contributor) |
from Oxford Univ Pr (May 27, 1999); titled "The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories"
9780192832412 | details & prices | 476 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.75 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $19.95
This edition also contains The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories
About: Offers more than fifty stories by twentieth-century writers from the varied cultures in and around the Caribbean, including Jean Rhys, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Paule Marshall, and others
This edition also contains The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories
About: Offers more than fifty stories by twentieth-century writers from the varied cultures in and around the Caribbean, including Jean Rhys, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Paule Marshall, and others
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