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Legba's Crossing : Narratology in the African Atlantic by Heather Russell, Heather Russell is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
What is Legba's Crossing : Narratology in the African Atlantic about?
In Haiti, Papa Legba is the spirit whose permission must be sought to communicate with the spirit world. He stands at and for the crossroads of language, interpretation, and form and is considered to be like the voice of a god. InLegba’s Crossing, Heather Russell examines how writers from the United States and the anglophone Caribbean challenge conventional Western narratives through innovative use, disruption, and reconfiguration of form. Russell’s in-depth analysis of the work of James Weldon
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- Author
- Heather Russell, Heather Russell
- Publisher
- Athens: University of Georgia Press
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780820336107
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- History, Science, Literary Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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