The Arrivants : a new world trilogy : Rights of passage ; Islands ; Masks

By:

Brathwaite, Edward [aut]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: London Oxford University Press 2000Description: 275 p 20/13/1,5 cm PaperbackISBN:

9780199111039
0199111030

Subject(s):

Carribean Literature -- Slavery -- Postcolonial -- 20th Century -- Africa

Genre/Form:

POETRY

Summary: Here for the first time in a single volume is Edward Brathwaite's Caribbean trilogy - Rights of Passage, Masks, and Islands - a brilliant exploration of the predicament of the contemporary New World Negro. Through the tension of jazz/folk rhythm, through historical flashbacks, and excursions to Europe, New York and Africa, the poet interweaves the past and present of his Caribbean homeland - its natural beauty, its violent history, the values that sustain its people - into a vigorous anddistinctive poetic statement.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Barcode
Books	EIS Library Main Library	English Fiction Adolescent-Adult	EFA BRA P 811	Available	Good Condition	E0003683

Here for the first time in a single volume is Edward Brathwaite's Caribbean trilogy - Rights of Passage, Masks, and Islands - a brilliant exploration of the predicament of the contemporary New World Negro. Through the tension of jazz/folk rhythm, through historical flashbacks, and excursions to Europe, New York and Africa, the poet interweaves the past and present of his Caribbean homeland - its natural beauty, its violent history, the values that sustain its people - into a vigorous anddistinctive poetic statement.

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