Overview

Changing her name early in her career because her parents disapproved of her writing, Jamaica Kincaid crossed audiences to embrace feminist, American, postcolonial and world literature. This book offers an introduction and guided overview of her characters, plots, humor, symbols, and classic themes. Designed for students, fans, librarians, and teachers, the 84 A-to-Z entries combine commentary from interviewers, feminist historians, and book critics with numerous citations from primary and secondary sources and comparative literature. The companion features a chronology of Kincaid's life, West Indies heritage and works, and includes a character name chart.

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Author:   Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Volume:   No. 6
Dimensions:   Width: 18.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 25.80cm
Weight:   0.549kg
ISBN:  

9780786435807

ISBN 10:   0786435801
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   30 October 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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this is a very useful and very readable reference book. Recommended --Choice; very well researched and written. It will be of use in public and academic libraries --ARBA; excellent --Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine; a very well constructed literary companion on an important writer --Reference Reviews.

this is a very useful and very readable reference book. Recommended --Choice; very well researched and written. It will be of use in public and academic libraries --ARBA; a very well constructed literary companion on an important writer --Reference Reviews.

Author Information

Award-winning author Mary Ellen Snodgrass has written and compiled over 100 reference works and textbooks on such topics as American literature, mythology, fable, feminism and history, among others. She lives in Hickory, North Carolina.

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