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<p>Exploring the prevalence of madness in Caribbean texts written in English in the mid-twentieth century, Kelly Baker Josephs focuses on celebrated writers such as Jean Rhys, V. S. Naipaul, and Derek Walcott as well as on understudied writers such as Sylvia Wynter and Erna Brodber. Because mad figures appear frequently in Caribbean literature from French, Spanish, and English traditions--in roles ranging from bit parts to first-person narrators--the author regards madness as a part of the West

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Author

Kelly Baker Josephs

Publisher

University of Virginia Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781299865006

Category

literary studies

Subjects

Literary Criticism, History, Literary Fiction

Updated

2026-03-25