The labyrinth of universality :: Wilson Harris's visionary art of fiction /

Wilson Harris, many times nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, is a British writer of Guyanese origin, one of the most original novelists and critics of the twentieth century, and probably the first to use and interpret the aesthetically fruitful notion of cross-culturalism. Harris's in...

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1. Verfasser: Maes-Jelinek, Hena
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2006.
Schriftenreihe:Cross/cultures ; 86.
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Zusammenfassung:Wilson Harris, many times nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, is a British writer of Guyanese origin, one of the most original novelists and critics of the twentieth century, and probably the first to use and interpret the aesthetically fruitful notion of cross-culturalism. Harris's insights into the profound symbiosis between history, culture and artistic expression were initially inspired by his encounters with Amerindians in the Guyanese rainforest interior, where he led many surveying expeditions. These encounters aroused his interest in pre-Columbian peoples, who figure prominent.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxvi, 564 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 553-564).
ISBN:9781429457033
1429457031
9789401203210
9401203210
ISSN:0924-1426 ;