The Novels of Samuel Selvon: A Critical Study

by Roydon Salick

The author of such works as A Brighter Sun (1952), The Lonely Londoners (1956), and The Plains of Caroni (1970), West Indian novelist Samuel Selvon is attracting growing amounts of scholarly attention. Nonetheless, criticism of his works has largely been imbalanced, with most scholarship focusing primarily on his language. This book corrects that imbalance by placing Selvon's novels within historical, sociological, and ideological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313316368
• ISBN13: 9780313316364
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"