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New World Modernisms: T.S. Eliot, Derek Walcott, and Kamau Brathwaite (New World Studies)
Charles W. Pollard
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Paperback. Pollard looks to recent Caribbean poetry as a means of reassessing modernism's cosmopolitanism; in particular, his book redefines the cosmopolitan influence of T. S. Eliot's modernism by examining how his ideas have been transformed by the two leading Anglophone Caribbean poets, Derek Walcott and Kamau Brathwaite. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
James Clifford tells us that modernism has become a ""traveling culture"" because it reflects the ""discrepant cosmopolitanism"" of the twentieth century - that is, a world in which people are paradoxically migratory yet rooted, international yet local. Perhaps modernism has traveled so well because it has been transformed by its journey; this is the suggestion Charles Pollard makes in New World Modernisms, a fascinating first step in mapping the migration of modernism. Pollard looks to recent Caribbean poetry as a means of reassessing modernism's cosmopolitanism; in particular, his book redefines the cosmopolitan influence of T. S. Eliot's modernism by examining ... Read more
James Clifford tells us that modernism has become a ""traveling culture"" because it reflects the ""discrepant cosmopolitanism"" of the twentieth century - that is, a world in which people are paradoxically migratory yet rooted, international yet local. Perhaps modernism has traveled so well because it has been transformed by its journey; this is the suggestion Charles Pollard makes in New World Modernisms, a fascinating first step in mapping the migration of modernism. Pollard looks to recent Caribbean poetry as a means of reassessing modernism's cosmopolitanism; in particular, his book redefines the cosmopolitan influence of T. S. Eliot's modernism by examining ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Series
New World Studies
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813922782
SKU
V9780813922782
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About Charles W. Pollard
Charles W. Pollard, formerly Assistant Professor English at Calvin College, is President of John Brown University.
Reviews for New World Modernisms: T.S. Eliot, Derek Walcott, and Kamau Brathwaite (New World Studies)
New World Modernisms makes a contribution that is both substantial and significant to scholarship in two spheres: Anglophone Caribbean literature in the larger context of postcolonial theory, and modernism. A stimulating and provocative book. - Laurence Breiner, Professor of English, Boston University, author of An Introduction to West Indian Poetry