Sounding the Break: African American and Caribbean Routes of World Literature

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Sounding the Break New World Studies J. Michael Dash, Editor Frank Moya Pons and Sandra Pouchet Paquet, Associate Editors Sounding the Break African American and Caribbean Routes of World Literature Jason Frydman University of Virginia Press Charlottesville and London A book in the American Literatures Initiative (ALI), a collaborative publishing project of NYU Press, Fordham University Press, Rutgers University Press, Temple University Press, and the University of Virginia Press. The Initiative is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. For more information, please visit www.americanliteratures.org. University of Virginia Press© 2014 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 2014 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Frydman, Jason, 1976– Sounding the break : African American and Caribbean routes of world literature / Jason Frydman. p. cm. (New World studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8139-3572-0 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8139-3573-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8139-3574-4 (e-book) 1. American literature—African American authors—History and criticism. 2. American literature—20th century—History and criticism. 3. Caribbean literature—20th century—History and criticism. 4. Race in literature. 5. Identity (Psychology) in literature. 6. African diaspora in literature. 7. Literature and history. I. Title. PS153.N5F78 2013 810.9'896073—dc23 2013030493 ...