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Linguistic and Libidinal Progressions in Sam Selvon's The Lonely Londoners
- Mosaic: an interdisciplinary critical journal
- Mosaic, an interdisciplinary critical journal
- Volume 51, Number 2, June 2018
- pp. 75-90
- 10.1353/mos.2018.0018
- Article
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Abstract:
Sam Selvon's The Lonely Londoners has drawn much critical attention for its language, its mix of Standard English and dialect. It has also drawn some criticism for its representation of sexuality. This essay draws attention to the text's particular strategy for the emergence and clarification of meanings on both linguistic and libidinal registers.