Migrant Modernism: Postwar London and the West Indian Novel

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MIGRANT MODERNISM MIGRANT MODERNISM Postwar London and the West Indian Novel J. Dillon Brown University of Virginia Press Charlottesville and London University of Virginia Press© 2013 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper First published  9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brown, J. Dillon, 1971– Migrant modernism : postwar London and the West Indian novel / J. Dillon Brown. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8139-3393-1 (cloth : acid-free paper)—isbn 978-0-8139-3394-8 (pbk. : acid-free paper)—isbn 978-0-8139-3395-5 (e-book) 1. West Indian fiction (English)—History and criticism. 2. Caribbean fiction— History and criticism. 3. Postcolonialism in literature. 4. Modernism (Literature)— England—London. 5. London (England)—In literature. I. Title. PR9214.B76 2013 813.009ʹ9729—dc23 2012035610 Dedicated to the memory of Rick Brown (–) Every text is an act of will to some extent, but what has not been very much studied is the degree to which texts are made permissible. —Edward Said, The World, the Text and the Critic ...