| Madness in Anglophone Caribbean Literature: On the Edge 2018 Edition Contributor(s): Ledent, Bénédicte (Editor), O'Callaghan, Evelyn (Editor), Tunca, Daria (Editor) |
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ISBN: 331998179X ISBN-13: 9783319981796 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $113.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 800.098 |
| Series: New Caribbean Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.95 lbs) 220 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection takes as its starting point the ubiquitous representation of various forms of mental illness, breakdown and psychopathology in Caribbean writing, and the fact that this topic has been relatively neglected in criticism, especially in Anglophone texts, apart from the scholarship devoted to Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea (1966). The contributions to this volume demonstrate that much remains to be done in rethinking the trope of "madness" across Caribbean literature by local and diaspora writers. This book asks how focusing on literary manifestations of apparent mental aberration can extend our understanding of Caribbean narrative and culture, and can help us to interrogate the norms that have been used to categorize art from the region, as well as the boundaries between notions of rationality, transcendence and insanity across cultures. |