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Selvon, Samuel --- Selvon, Samuel --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Critique et interprétation. --- Trinidad and Tobago --- Trinité-et-Tobago --- In literature. --- Dans la littérature.

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Sam Selvon, a contemporary writer of major importance, is well known to British and Caribbean readers, but his work -- including ten novels -- has not attained the prominence it deserves internationally. This study is a literary analysis of Selvon's use of Trinidad Creole English as an important component of his style and method of fictional composition. Wyke follows the development of Selvon's writing from his early to his late career, starting with his first novel, A Brighter Sun (1952), continuing with The Lonely Londoners (1956) and the short stories Ways of Sunlight (1957), and devoting a large part of the book to Selvon's middle and later years, focusing on such novels as I Hear Thunder (1963), The Housing Lark (1965), and Those Who Eat the Cascadura (1972). He finishes with the last two works of Selvon's trilogy, Moses Ascending (1975) and Moses Migrating (1983). The book reveals Selvon as a serious pioneer in the use of dialect in narration instead of mainly in the dialogue of novels and other fiction writing. Wyke's concise and penetrating analysis of individual novels and short stories, including the lyrical story 'My Girl and the City,' and his demonstration of features of Trinidad Creole English as a versatile tool in the hands of a novelist, will appeal to literary critics as well as to those who are interested in the relationship between linguistics and literary criticism. Selvon's work often combines an interesting and humorous, yet serious, portrayal of the Commonwealth experience which will sound familiar to Caribbean, English, and Canadian audiences. This book will introduce new readers to his oeuvre and will be particularly appealing to those examining the connection between the Caribbean, Canada, and Britain -- places where Selvon has lived and from where he draws the rich material he uses to create his art.

Dialect literature, English --- History and criticism. --- Selvon, Samuel --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Trinidad and Tobago --- In literature. --- Selvon, Samuel (1923-1994) --- Littérature dialectale anglaise --- Trinité-et-Tobago --- Littérature antillaise de langue anglaise --- Dans la littérature --- 20e siècle --- Histoire et critique

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This beautifully illustrated volume features work by leading writers and experts on carnival from around the world, and includes two stunning photo essays by acclaimed photographers Pablo Delano and Jeffrey Chock. Editor Milla Cozart Riggio presents a body of work that takes the reader on a fascinating journey exploring the various aspects of carnival - its traditions, its history, its music, its politics - and prefaces each section with an illuminating essay. Traditional carnival theory, based mainly on the work of Mikhail Bakhtin and Victor Turner, has long defined carnival as inversive or subversive. The essays in this groundbreaking anthology collectively reverse that trend, offering a re-definition of 'carnival' that focuses not on the hierarchy it temporarily displaces or negates, but a one that is rooted in the actual festival event. Carnival details its new theory in terms of a carnival that is at once representative and distinctive: The Carnival of Trinidad - the most copied yet least studied major carnival in the world.

Carnival --- Trinidad --- Social life and customs --- Social life and customs. --- Carnival-- Trinidad. --- Social Science. --- Manners & Customs --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Fasnacht --- Fastnacht --- Mardi Gras (Festival) --- Pre-Lenten festivities --- Festivals --- Masks --- Shrove Tuesday --- Trinidad and Tobago --- Carnival - Trinidad --- Trinidad - Social life and customs --- Carnavals --- Trinité-et-Tobago --- Moeurs et coutumes

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Trinidad and Tobago --- Fiction. --- Republic of Trinidad and Tobago --- República de Trinidad y Tobago --- Torinidaddo Tobago --- Torinidādo Tobago --- Trinidad & Tobago --- Trinidad ja Tobago --- Trinidad och Tobago --- Trinidad-Tobago --- Ṭrinidad ṿe-Ṭobago --- Trinidad y Tobago --- Trinité-et-Tobago --- טרינידד וטובגו --- トリニダッド・トバゴ --- トリニダード・トバゴ --- Tobago (Colony) --- Trinidad --- West Indies (Federation) --- Trinidad and Tobago - Fiction

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Trinidad and Tobago --- Trinidad-Tobago --- Trinidad & Tobago --- Republic of Trinidad and Tobago --- トリニダード・トバゴ --- Torinidādo Tobago --- トリニダッド・トバゴ --- Torinidaddo Tobago --- Trinité-et-Tobago --- Trinidad ja Tobago --- Trinidad och Tobago --- Trinidad y Tobago‏ --- República de Trinidad y Tobago --- טרינידד וטובגו --- Ṭrinidad ṿe-Ṭobago --- Trinidad --- Tobago (Colony) --- West Indies (Federation) --- Drama. --- Trinidad y Tobago