Symbolic Cities in Caribbean Literature

by Christopher Winks

This incisive comparative study analyzes Caribbean literary representations of magic and invisible cities in new and exciting ways. In a comprehensive approach, Winks' study ranges from literary portraits of El Dorado, to the remembered holy cities in African-based New World religions, to the secret Havanas of modern Cuban literature. Grounded in the visionary poetics of Caribbean creative writers/theorists, this book explores various cross-lingual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230612180
• ISBN13: 9780230612181
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.3"