The C.L.R. James Archive: A Reader's Guide

Anna Grimshaw

ISBN 10: 0918266297 / ISBN 13: 9780918266293

Published by The C.L.R. James Institute and Cultural Correspondence, Smyrna Press, New York, 1991

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8vo stapled booklet. Minor shelf wear. A few scuffs and creases on covers. Pages clean and tight with no markings or stains. 108pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The C.L.R. James Archive: A Reader's Guide
• Publisher: The C.L.R. James Institute and Cultural Correspondence, Smyrna Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0918266297
• ISBN 13: 9780918266293
• Binding: Booklet
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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"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"An intellectual event of the first order."-William E. Cain, New York TimesAuthor of such classics 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 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 and 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world.Until now much of his work has remained inaccessible; but Anna Grimshaw brings together her both published and unpublished material to give us the essential C.L.R. James.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 a 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 the West-Indian Self-Government,' 'Popular Art and the Cultural Tradition' and 'Black Power'.Anna Grimshaw is a lecturer in visual antropology at the university of Manchester, England. She worked for six years as C.L.R. James' assisstant and edited his writings collected as 'Cricket' (1986).