Burns, L. (2011) Uncovering the marvellous: surrealism and the writings of Wilson Harris. Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 47(1), pp. 52-64. (doi: 10.1080/17449855.2011.533956)
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Abstract
To date, critical analyses of the impact of surrealism on the development of Caribbean literature have tended to restrict their focus to the francophone Caribbean. This article outlines the wider dissemination of surrealism through a focus on the writings of Wilson Harris. Harris’s appropriation of a number of surrealist tropes is revealed through a comparative reading of his novels Palace of the Peacock and The Ghost of Memory with Pierre Mabille’s surrealist work Mirror of the Marvellous.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Keywords: | Wilson Harris; surrealism; Pierre Mabille; marvellous; immanence |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Burns, Dr Lorna |
Authors: | Burns, L. |
Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0080 Criticism P Language and Literature > PR English literature |
College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > English Literature |
Journal Name: | Journal of Postcolonial Writing |
ISSN: | 1744-9855 |
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