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Marley, Jason R., 1980-

Difficult reading : frustration and form in Anglophone Caribbean fiction / Jason R. Marley. - 1 online resource (viii, 274 pages). - New world studies . - New World studies. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The aesthetics of inscrutability in Caribbean fiction -- The politics of interruption: metafictive critique and historical aporia in the midcentury Jamaican novel -- To become so very Welsh: Denis Williams's The third temptation and the effacement of Afro-Caribbean identity -- Language as animosity: pejorative speech and national identity -- "The menace from the bush": abstraction and Indigenous violence in the work of Wilson Harris and Denis Williams -- Rhysian disgust and the politics of complacency -- Coda: Inscrutable pasts, inscrutable futures.

"This book argues that the aggressive, antagonistic elements common to mid-twentieth century Caribbean novels are designed to foster emotional responses that engender new forms of communal resistance against colonial power"--

ISBN: 0813950155 9780813950150

Source: 22573/cats5027180 JSTOR

LCCN: 2023012233

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Caribbean fiction (English)--History and criticism.
Caribbean fiction--Political aspects.--20th century
National characteristics, Caribbean, in literature.
Frustration in literature.
Roman antillais (anglais)--Histoire et critique.
Roman antillais--Aspect politique.--20e si�ecle
Antillais dans la litt�erature.
Frustration dans la litt�erature.
Caribbean fiction (English)
Frustration in literature
National characteristics, Caribbean, in literature

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism
Literary criticism.
Critiques litt�eraires.

LC Class. No.: PR9205.4 / .M37 2023

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.5099729