Ian Randle Publishers
The West Indian Novel and its Background
Kenneth Ramchand
Literature & Fiction
The West Indian Novel and its Background
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First published in 1970, this pioneering account of the emergence of the West Indian Novel in English has been a the centre of the development of West Indian Literature as an academic discipline. In an intimate and firm introduction, Professor Ramchand writes about the putting together of The West Indian Novel and its Background and makes a challenging survey of the West Indian writing and criticism since 1970.

Wearing his scholarship lightly, the author provides valuable insights into the social cultural and political background, offering concise and focused accounts of the growth of education, the development of literacy, the formation of West Indian Creole languages, and the making of the region’s written literature. For this reason, it has served as a handbook for teachers and lecturers setting up courses in West Indian and Commonwealth literatures.

This edition contains updated year-by-year and author biographies, features of the original that contributed to its reliability as a guide. Two new chapters have been fitted into the text: Earl Lovelace’s The Dragon Can’t Dance and Sam Selvon’s The Lonely Londoners.

Language
English
ISBN
978-976-637-774-8
Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Author’s Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction to 2004 Edition
Introduction to the 1970 Edition
Part I: Life Without Fiction
Popular Education in the West Indies in the Nineteenth Century
The Whites and Cultural Absenteeism
The Coloureds and Class Interest
New Bearings
The Drift Towards the Audience
Part 2: Approaches
The Language of the Master?
The African
Aborigines
The Commonwealth Approach
The Achievement of Roger Mais
The World of A House for Mr. Biswas
The Dragon Can’t Dance
Novels of Childhood
Terrified Consciousness
Part 3: Precursor
The Road to Banana Bottom
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