Jamaica Kincaid's Writings of History: A Poetics of Impermanence

By: Purk, Antonia

Jamaica Kincaid's works consistently explore how colonial history affects contemporary everyday lives. Throughout her novels, short fiction, and non-fictional essays, Kincaid's texts engage with history through its medial representations, which are starkly determined by colonial perspectives. This study examines the entanglements of temporalities in current perceptions of the past and how literary text intervenes in historical consciousness. With...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 311101861X
• ISBN13: 9783111018614
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"