Afro-Caribbean poetry and ritual

Afro-Caribbean poetry and ritual

Griffith, Paul A.

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This book investigates Kamau Brathwaite's and Derek Walcott's postcolonial debates, reading them against the traditional sites of the Caribbean imaginary. INDICE: Introduction PART I: MEDIATING SACRED TIME AND SPACE The Limbo: Ritual Re-entry into History Shipwrecked in the Middle Passage: Limbo as Agon ofSoul Folk Masques: Ritualizing Time and Space PART II: ORATORICAL PLAY MythicVoices: Art as the Inheritance of Responsibility Lullabies and Children's Games: Word as Genesis of Spirit Spiritual Adventure through Song Tales and Fables: Charting the Interstice Conclusion

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-62364-4
  • Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 236
  • Fecha Publicación: 28/05/2010
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés