Caryl Phillips, David Dabydeen and Fred D'Aguiar : representations of slavery / / Abigail Ward

• Autore: Ward Abigail Lara
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 231 pages) : digital file(s)
• Disciplina: 820.935509045
• Soggetto topico: Slavery in literature; English literature - 20th century - History and criticism; Literature; Literary Studies: Post-Colonial Literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Ireland
• Soggetto non controllato: Britain; Caryl Phillips; David Dabydeen; Fred D'Aguiar; ethics of writing; memory; postcolonial literature; slavery; transatlantic slave trade; trauma
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Series editor's foreword; List of abbreviations; Chronology; 1. Contexts and intertexts; 2. Caryl Phillips and the absent voices of history; 3. David Dabydeen and the ethics of narration; 4. Fred D'Aguiar and the memorialisation of slavery; 5. Critical overview and conclusion; Notes; Select bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This text examines the ways in which the literary explorations of slavery may shed light on current issues in Britain today, or what might be thought of as the continuing legacies of the UK's largely forgotten slave past.
• Titolo autorizzato: Caryl Phillips, David Dabydeen and Fred D'Aguiar
• ISBN: 1-84779-780-6; 1-78170-325-6; 1-84779-467-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791948103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contemporary world writers.