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Myth and History in Caribbean Fiction : Alejo Carpentier, Wilson Harris, and Edouard Glissant
author
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Webb, Barbara J.
publisher
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University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin
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0870237845
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9780870237843
ebook isbn13
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9780585186900
language
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English
subject
Caribbean fiction--History and criticism, Carpentier, Alejo,--1904- --Criticism and interpretation, Harris, Wilson--Criticism and interpretation, Glissant, Edouard,--1928- --Criticism and interpretation, Myth in literature, History in literature, Literatu
publication date
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1992
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PN849.C3W4 1992eb
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809.3/009729
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Caribbean fiction--History and criticism, Carpentier, Alejo,--1904- --Criticism and interpretation, Harris, Wilson--Criticism and interpretation, Glissant, Edouard,--1928- --Criticism and interpretation, Myth in literature, History in literature, Literatu
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Myth and History in Caribbean Fiction
Alejo Carpentier, Wilson Harris, and Edouard Glissant
Barbara J. Webb
The University of Massachusetts Press Amherst
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Copyright 1992 by The University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 92-1356 ISBN 0-87023-784-5 Designed by Dorothy Thompson Griffin Set in Plantin by Keystone Typesetting, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Webb, Barbara J., 1946 Myth and history in Caribbean fiction : Alejo Carpentier, Wilson Harris, and Edouard Glissant / Barbara J. Webb. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87023-784-5 (alk. paper) 1. Caribbean fictionHistory and criticism. 2. Carpentier, Alejo, 1904 Criticism and interpretation. 3. Harris, WilsonCriticism and interpretation. 4. Glissant, Edouard, 1928 Criticism and interpretation. 5. Myth in literature. 6. History in literature. 7. Literature and history. I. Title. PN849.C3W4 1992 809.3'009729dc20 92-1356 CIP
British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available.
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In memory of my brother Durant and my father
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
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Introduction
3
Part One Myth as a Historical Mode: Lo real maravilloso americano
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1 Lo real maravilloso in Caribbean Fiction
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2 The Folk Imagination and History: El reino de este mundo, The Secret Ladder,and Le quatrime sicle
27
Part Two The Problematic Quest for Origins
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3 The Myth of El Dorado: Los pasos perdidos and Palace of the Peacock
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Part Three Myth and History: The Dialectics of Culture
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4 History as Mythic Discourse: El siglo de las luces, Tumatumari, and La case du commandeur
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5 The Poetics of Identity and Difference: Black Marsden and Concierto barroco
129
Conclusion
149
Notes
153
Selected Bibliography
171
Index
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The research for this book was supported in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the PSC/CUNY Research Award Program of the City University of New York.
It would be impossible to thank all the people who offered advice and assistance during my research in the Caribbean, but I wish to extend my sincere appreciation to the staff at Jamaica Institute and the faculty members of the University of the West Indies at Mona and St. Augustine for their warm welcome and help in countless ways. I am especially grateful to Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Mervyn Morris, Michael Dash, and Annette Insanally at the Mona campus in Jamaica; and Gordon Rohlehr, Earl Lovelace, and the former deputy librarian Barbara Comissiong at the St. Augustine campus in Trinidad for generously sharing their ideas and helping me locate research materials. I am forever thankful to Micheline and Daniel Maximin and their parents for making my stay in Guadeloupe and Martinique such a memorable and productive one. Thanks are also in order for the encouragement and hospitality of my friends Wally Look Lai of
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Trinidad and Mara Cristina Rodrguez and Janice Gordils of the University of Puerto Rico.
My special appreciation goes to Dr. Wilfred Cartey, who first inspired my interest in comparative studies of Caribbean literature many years ago; and to Hayde Vitali and John Coleman, who encouraged my work in this area when I was a graduate student at New York University.
I am indebted to my friends and colleagues Soledad Romero and Ann Dobbs for reading my translations and offering helpful suggestions; Annick Piant for working with me on the Glissant translations; June Bobb for taking time to read the manuscript at various stages while carrying out her own work; and Ana Celia Zentella for always being such a good friend.
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