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In Search of Annie Drew: Jamaica Kincaid's Mother and Muse
Daryl Cumber Dance
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Description for In Search of Annie Drew: Jamaica Kincaid's Mother and Muse
Hardcover. There is perhaps no other person who has been so often and obsessively featured in any writer's canon as Jamaica Kincaid's mother, Annie Drew. In this provocative new book, Daryl Dance argues that everything Kincaid has written, regardless of its apparent theme, actually relates to Kincaid's efforts to free herself from her mother. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
There is perhaps no other person who has been so often and obsessively featured in any writer’s canon as Jamaica Kincaid’s mother, Annie Drew. In this provocative new book, Daryl Dance argues that everything Kincaid has written, regardless of its apparent theme, actually relates to Kincaid’s efforts to free herself from her mother, whether her subject is ostensibly other family members, her home nation, a precolonial world, or even Kincaid herself.A devoted reader of Kincaid’s work, Dance had long been aware of the author’s love-hate relationship with her mother, but it was not until reading the 2008 essay ""The Estrangement"" ... Read more
There is perhaps no other person who has been so often and obsessively featured in any writer’s canon as Jamaica Kincaid’s mother, Annie Drew. In this provocative new book, Daryl Dance argues that everything Kincaid has written, regardless of its apparent theme, actually relates to Kincaid’s efforts to free herself from her mother, whether her subject is ostensibly other family members, her home nation, a precolonial world, or even Kincaid herself.A devoted reader of Kincaid’s work, Dance had long been aware of the author’s love-hate relationship with her mother, but it was not until reading the 2008 essay ""The Estrangement"" ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813938448
SKU
V9780813938448
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About Daryl Cumber Dance
Daryl Cumber Dance, Professor of English Emerita at the University of Richmond, USA, is the author of Shuckin’ and Jivin’: Folklore from Contemporary African Americans and editor of Honey Hush! An Anthology of African American Women’s Humor.
Reviews for In Search of Annie Drew: Jamaica Kincaid's Mother and Muse
"In Search of Annie Drew is daring, controversial, and impressive. Through meticulous attention to Kincaid’s own words, as well as to the few that Drew provided, Dance succeeds in showing a tangled emotional relationship between two exceptionally strong personalities, neither of whom would admit
consistently and directly
her tremendous love for the other. This war of a relationship is responsible for the ... Read more
consistently and directly
her tremendous love for the other. This war of a relationship is responsible for the ... Read more