The C. L. R. James Reader (Wiley Blackwell Readers) - Softcover

James, C. L. R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631184953 ISBN 13: 9780631184959

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1992

Synopsis

Author of such classic works as Minty Alley, The Black Jacobins and Beyond a Boundary, C. L. R. James was one of the most significant writers of our times.

In a life which reflected many of the distinctive features of the twentieth century (from his birth in Trinidad in 1901, to his death in Brixton, London, 1989), James made an outstanding contribution to debates on politics, history, art, literature and sport. His revolutionary vision has inspired social movements in the United States, Britain, Africa and the Caribbean. It remains central to any understanding of the modern world.

Until now much of his work has remained inaccessible; but Anna Grimshaw brings together here both published and unpublished material to give us the essential C. L. R. James. Prepared in collaboration with James in his final year, this collection offers unique insight into the range and development of his life's work.

It includes a selection of early fiction, the complete text of the play The Black Jacobins, numerous extracts from his personal archive and the classic essays, The Case for West-Indian Self-Government, Popular Art and the Cultural Tradition and Black Power.

About this title

About the Author:

Anna Grimshaw is Lecturer in Visual Anthropology at the University of Manchester, England. She worked for six years as C. L. R. James's assistant and edited his writings collected as Cricket (1986).

Review:

"A centrally important 20th-century figure, a Trinidadian black whose life as a scholar of history, political activist, cricket player and critic, cultural maverick, restless pilgrim between the West and its former colonial possessions in Africa and America, is emblematic of modern existence itself." Edward Said, Washington Post

"Quite simply, the outstanding West Indian of our century." Caryl Phillips, author of The Final Passage

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0631184953
• ISBN 13: 9780631184959
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 464