Washed by the Gulf Stream: The Historic and Geographic Relation of Irish and Caribbean Literature

Washed by the Gulf Stream: The Historic and Geographic Relation of Irish and Caribbean Literature
ISBN-10
087413028X
ISBN-13
9780874130287
Category
History
Pages
196
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Associated University Presse
Author
Maria McGarrity

Description

This is an historically comparative postcolonial study asserting the dialogic relation between Irish and Caribbean narrative form. The book focuses on the demise of empire and the role of geography in creating an 'island imaginary' for writers from James Joyce to Jamaica Kincaid.

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