Madness in Anglophone Caribbean Literature
On the Edge
Bénédicte Ledent editor Evelyn O'Callaghan editor Daria Tunca editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Published:18th Dec '19
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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.
ISBN: 9783030405335
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220 pages
1st ed. 2018