Mary Caldwell's Books

King's Men

The Soldier Founders of Ontario

By: Mary Beacock Fryer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

King's Men

The Soldier Founders of Ontario

By: Mary Beacock Fryer

King’s Men is the story of the Loyalist regiments who became the soldier founders of the Province of Ontario, the Loyal Colonials who joined the Provincial Corps of the British Army, Canadian Command, during the American revolution. Mythology on the United Empire Loyalists who founded two Canadian provinces is ingrained. We often envisage loyal families marching out of the victorious United States at the close of the American Revolution. But these myths lead us to overlook a fascinating period in the lives of one group of Loyalists – the soldiers who became Ontario’s founders. By the time the Treaty of Separation was signed in 1783, four full strength corps were serving in Canada. These were the Royal Highland Emigrants (placed on the regular establishment in 1778, as the 84th Foot), the King’s Royal Regiment of New York, Butler’s Rangers, and the Loyal Rangers. A fifth corps, the King’s rangers amounted to three full companies. A detailed study on what these Provincials achieved is long overdue. King’s Men fills a gap in tracing the lives of these United Empire Loyalists who first fought under British command, and spent a difficult period as displaced persons in Canada (people whose only desire was to return to their homes in Britain’s older colonies) till the time when they accepted Canada as a new homeland.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

395

Publisher

Dundurn

Published Date

ISBN 10

1554882052

ISBN 13

9781554882052

The View from Rampart Street

By: Mary Lou Widmer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The View from Rampart Street

By: Mary Lou Widmer

In sultry, tempestuous New Orleans of the 1840s, the frontier port was bustling, the theater was all the rage, and a system called placage ruled the lives of beautiful young Quadroons. These lovely girls were the daughters of wealthy white Creoles and their mulatto mistresses, trained all their lives to be placees, mistresses of white Creole gentlemen. In return for their favors, the placees were each given a house on Rampart Street, furnishings, and a life of luxury. Forced into this decadent but respected system, Mariette Delon, a beautiful Quadroon with skin like a magnolia petal, rebels against it, wishing only to pursue a career in the theater and lead a moral life. Against her will, she attends the Quadroon Ball, where such alliances are arranged and contracts signed. Here she meets handsome young Philippe Grillet, a wealthy aristocrat who tells her she should not be a placee but the wife of a Creole, reinforcing her innermost desires. But her father has his own plans for her, and it is up to Philippe to save her, first by accepting a life-threatening challenge, and finally by pursuing her across the continent to claim her for his own. Only then is he rewarded with a gift more precious than gold.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

497

Publisher

Strategic Book Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1612049095

ISBN 13

9781612049090

Death Overdue

By: Mary Lou Kirwin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Death Overdue

By: Mary Lou Kirwin

Sassy midwestern librarian Karen Nash must solve the mystery of the death by bookcase. Her boyfriend is the main suspect when his ex-girlfriend, Sally Burroughs, is fatally flattened by an avalanche of books and splintered wood -- but could there be another person who had reason to wish Sally dead?

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

256

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

1451684665

ISBN 13

9781451684667

On to Oregon

The Diaries of Mary Walker and Myra Eells

By: Mary Richardson Walker,Myra Fairbanks Eells

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

On to Oregon

The Diaries of Mary Walker and Myra Eells

By: Mary Richardson Walker,Myra Fairbanks Eells

In 1833 two missionary couples, the Walkers and the Eellses, joined a party going west as a reinforcement to the Oregon Mission. Mary Walker and Myra Eells kept diaries throughout the months on the hazardous trail. Throughout this combined account, the presence of Myra Fairbanks Eells is deeply felt, but it is Mary Richardson Walker who brings the trail alive again. 21 photos.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

394

Publisher

U of Nebraska Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0803266138

ISBN 13

9780803266131

Elizabeth Postuma Simcoe, 1762-1850

A Biography

By: Mary Beacock Fryer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Elizabeth Postuma Simcoe, 1762-1850

A Biography

By: Mary Beacock Fryer

The diaries, letters, and sketches of Elizabeth Simcoe are drawn upon as sources in this portrayal of the energetic and remarkable woman who came to Upper Canada with her husband when he was appointed lieutenant governor.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

280

Publisher

Dundurn

Published Date

ISBN 10

1550020633

ISBN 13

9781550020632

The Downing Legacy

Six Decades at Rift Valley Academy

By: Mary Andersen Honer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Downing Legacy

Six Decades at Rift Valley Academy

By: Mary Andersen Honer

The Downing Legacy is the story of a family dedicated to serving God as missionaries in Kenya. Their assignment to run Rift Valley Academy resulted in a multi-generational involvement with the myriad and diverse roles necessary to produce a successful school, and one that has met American accreditation standards, and gained recognition worldwide for quality and uniqueness. Lee Harper Downing, the patriarch of the family, led the way with his gift of teaching Latin and the Bible. He was known for his life of prayer and faithful leadership in Africa Inland Mission. His eldest son, Herbert, served as principal of the school for many years where he used his varied talents for teaching, building, and administration. The younger brother, Kenneth, was asked to fill in for a year while Herbert was on furlough. He found himself filling in for ten years, during which time he taught various classes and generally ran the school. Both men's wives shared in the teaching and responsibilities of RVA which included homemaking for children living in dormitories, cooking, laundry, nursing, and other duties that were gracefully taken on as the need arose. This is the heartwarming story of their love and commitment to their mission.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

198

Publisher

iUniverse

Published Date

ISBN 10

1450213669

ISBN 13

9781450213660

25 Essential Skills & Strategies for the Professional Behavior Analyst

Expert Tips for Maximizing Consulting Effectiveness

By: Jon S. Bailey,Mary R. Burch

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

25 Essential Skills & Strategies for the Professional Behavior Analyst

Expert Tips for Maximizing Consulting Effectiveness

By: Jon S. Bailey,Mary R. Burch

Jon Bailey and Mary Burch present five basic skills and strategy areas that behavior analysts need to acquire. This book is organized around those five basic skill and strategy areas, with a total of 25 specific skills presented within those areas. No behavior analyst, whether seasoned or beginning, should skip this book.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

342

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Published Date

ISBN 10

0415800676

ISBN 13

9780415800679

Seeking Eden

A Collection of Georgia's Historic Gardens

By: Staci L. Catron,Mary Ann Eaddy

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Seeking Eden

A Collection of Georgia's Historic Gardens

By: Staci L. Catron,Mary Ann Eaddy

Seeking Eden promotes an awareness of, and appreciation for, Georgia’s rich garden heritage. Updated and expanded here are the stories of nearly thirty designed landscapes first identified in the early twentieth-century publication Garden History of Georgia, 1733–1933. Seeking Eden records each garden’s evolution and history as well as each garden’s current early twenty-first-century appearance, as beautifully documented in photographs. Dating from the mid-eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries, these publicly and privately owned gardens include nineteenth-century parterres, Colonial Revival gardens, Country Place–era landscapes, rock gardens, historic town squares, college campuses, and an urban conservation garden. Seeking Eden explores the significant impact of the women who envisioned and nurtured many of these special places; the role of professional designers, including J. Neel Reid, Philip Trammel Shutze, William C. Pauley, Robert B. Cridland, the Olmsted Brothers, Hubert Bond Owens, and Clermont Lee; and the influence of the garden club movement in Georgia in the early twentieth century. FEATURED GARDENS: Andrew Low House and Garden | Savannah Ashland Farm | Flintstone Barnsley Gardens | Adairsville Barrington Hall and Bulloch Hall | Roswell Battersby-Hartridge Garden | Savannah Beech Haven | Athens Berry College: Oak Hill and House o’ Dreams | Mount Berry Bradley Olmsted Garden | Columbus Cator Woolford Gardens | Atlanta Coffin-Reynolds Mansion | Sapelo Island Dunaway Gardens | Newnan vicinity Governor’s Mansion | Atlanta Hills and Dales Estate | LaGrange Lullwater Conservation Garden | Atlanta Millpond Plantation | Thomasville vicinity Oakton | Marietta Rock City Gardens | Lookout Mountain Salubrity Hall | Augusta Savannah Squares | Savannah Stephenson-Adams-Land Garden | Atlanta Swan House | Atlanta University of Georgia: North Campus, the President’s House and Garden, and the Founders Memorial Garden | Athens Valley View | Cartersville vicinity Wormsloe and Wormsloe State Historic Site | Savannah vicinity Zahner-Slick Garden | Atlanta

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

488

Publisher

University of Georgia Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0820353000

ISBN 13

9780820353005

Killer Librarian

By: Mary Lou Kirwin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Killer Librarian

By: Mary Lou Kirwin

FILE “M” FOR MURDER. . . . Champion of the mystery section at a small-town Minnesota library, Karen Nash is about to embark on a dream trip to London—a literary tour inspired by every murderous intrigue, wily suspect, and ingenious crime found in the pages of the British mysteries that she devours. But she’s clueless why the love of her mid-life, Dave, would dump her hours before takeoff—until she spies him at the airport with a young honey on his arm! She decides the best revenge (for now) is to get on that plane anyway . . . and entertain schemes for Dave’s untimely demise while crossing the pond. After touching ground in the hallowed homeland of Christie, Sayers, and Peters, she checks into a cozy B & B run by charming bibliophile Caldwell Perkins. Soon she’s spilling tears in her pint at the corner pub, sharing her heartbreak saga with a stranger. That night, a B & B guest drops out of circulation—permanently. And when Dave and his cutie turn up in London, Karen realizes they are an assassin’s target. With the meticulous attention to detail that makes her a killer librarian, Karen sleuths her way through her own real-life mystery—in which library science meets the art of murder.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

198

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

1451684657

ISBN 13

9781451684650

Blood Cold

Fame, Sex, and Murder in Hollywood

By: Dennis McDougal,Mary Murphy

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Blood Cold

Fame, Sex, and Murder in Hollywood

By: Dennis McDougal,Mary Murphy

The riveting true account of the 2001 murder of Bonny Lee Bakley, starring Robert Blake—the Hollywood icon accused of killing his wife in cold blood In May 2001 Bonny Lee Bakley was shot to death in a car parked on a dark Hollywood side street. Eleven months later Robert Blake—her husband, the father of her child, and the star of the classic film In Cold Blood and the popular 1970s TV detective series Baretta—was arrested for murder, conspiracy, and solicitation. Did Blake kill his wife? Did he hire someone to do the job for him? Award-winning journalist Dennis McDougal and entertainment-media expert Mary Murphy recount a real-life crime story more shocking and bizarre than any movie, chronicling the parallel worlds of Blake and Bakley, from their troubled youths to their sham of a marriage. By the late 1990s Blake was coasting on his past success. Bakley was a con artist who concocted online sex scams and victimized unsuspecting men, netting big money and dangerous enemies. In true noir style, McDougal and Murphy lay bare the stories of two violent people whose lives collided in a tragic tangle of abuse, betrayal, and love gone horribly wrong.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

239

Publisher

Open Road Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

1504005961

ISBN 13

9781504005968

Lake George

By: Gale J. Halm,Mary H. Sharp

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Lake George

By: Gale J. Halm,Mary H. Sharp

Pioneer photographers Senaca Ray Stoddard and Jesse Sumner Wooley, along with other local professional and amateur photographers, visually recorded life at Lake George around the beginning of the twentieth century. With artistic clarity and astuteness, they created a pictorial diary of this well-known resort area, as our grandparents and great-grandparents would have known it.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

132

Publisher

Arcadia Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

0752413201

ISBN 13

9780752413204

PRETEND YOU DON'T SEE HER

By: Mary Higgins Clark

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

PRETEND YOU DON'T SEE HER

By: Mary Higgins Clark

What happens when a young woman is accidentally caught up in a dangerous murder investigation, having merely been in the wrong place at the wrong time? Lacey Farrell, a rising star on the Manhattan real estate scene, is witness to a murder - and to the final words of the victim. The dying woman is convinced her attacker was after her dead daughter's journal, which Lacey gives to the police, but not before making a copy for herself. It's an impulse that later proves nearly fatal. Placed in the witness protection programme and sent to live in Minneapolis, Lacey must assume a fake identity, at least until the killer can be brought to trial. There she meets Tom Lynch, a radio talk-show host whom she tentatively begins to date - until the strain of her deception makes her break it off. Then she discovers the killer has traced her whereabouts. Armed with nothing more than her own courage and clues from the journal, Lacey heads back to New York determined to uncover who is behind the deaths of the two women… before she is the next casualty.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

324

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

0073180807

ISBN 13

9780073180809

Women Opera Composers

Biographies from the 1500s to the 21st Century

By: Mary F. McVicker

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Women Opera Composers

Biographies from the 1500s to the 21st Century

By: Mary F. McVicker

The history of women in the opera is a grand story. Women were singers and patrons, of course, but from opera's beginnings in Renaissance Italy, they were also opera composers and librettists. At first it was exclusively for the nobility. In the 19th century, with the emergence of the middle class and the rise of nationalism, there were more public theaters and opera seemed to be everywhere. This meant more opportunities for composers, though men predominated. This book focuses on the women, from the 16th century to today, who had successful careers in opera, many of them well known in their time.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

283

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

1476623619

ISBN 13

9781476623610

Tales of Tasmania

By: Mary Helen Farr

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Tales of Tasmania

By: Mary Helen Farr

Tasmania, Australias island state, provides visitors and residents alike with spectacular scenery and intriguing history. Set against the backdrop of this unique place, this collection of three novellas offers tales of adventure and family life. In The Siding set in the mid 1940s, the inhabitants of the small, rural town of Moses must fight to keep their passengertrain service. Meanwhile, the wife of one of the protestors struggles with an unexpected pregnancy whilst a young girl goes missing, sparking a search-and-rescue effort. Twin Rivers tells the story of Jessica, a woman raising her son alone in a remote town in south-western Tasmania. The Mayne Hydroelectric dam is on the verge of bursting due to heavy rains. With the help of two Hydro employees, the looming flood disaster is prevented. One of them, Tony, begins to fall for Jessica, but only time will tell if romance will bloom. In The Cat Woman, a rash of horrible cat deaths spooks the picturesque town of Northside, with no indication of who is killing the animals or why. An elderly woman copes with heartbreak and injury whilst rescuing abandoned cats to protect them. Her granddaughter joins forces with the local policeman to track down the killerbut there may be love in the air as well as mystery. This collection presents a series of dramatic narratives set in the beautiful countryside of Tasmania.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

287

Publisher

Balboa Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1452529272

ISBN 13

9781452529271

Mary McCarthy: Novels & Stories 1942-1963 (LOA #290)

The Company She Keeps / The Oasis / The Groves of Academe / A Charmed Life / stories

By: Mary McCarthy

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Mary McCarthy: Novels & Stories 1942-1963 (LOA #290)

The Company She Keeps / The Oasis / The Groves of Academe / A Charmed Life / stories

By: Mary McCarthy

This first volume of the definitive edition of her fiction includes four novels and eight classic stories by the witty and provocative writer who defined a generation In 1942, Mary McCarthy provoked a scandal with her electrifying debut novel, The Company She Keeps, announcing the arrival of a major new voice in American literature. A candid, thinly-veiled portrait of the late-1930s New York intellectual scene, its penetrating gaze and creative fusion of life and literature—“mutual plagiarism,” she called it—became the hallmark of McCarthy's fiction, which the Library of America now presents in full for the first time in deluxe collector's edition. The Oasis (1949), a wicked satire about a failed utopian community, and The Groves of Academe (1952), a pioneering campus novel depicting the insular and often absurd world of academia, burnished her reputation as an acerbic truth-teller, but it was with A Charmed Life (1955), a searing story of small-town infidelity, that McCarthy fully embraced the frank and avant-garde treatment of gender and sexuality that would inspire generations of readers and writers. Also included are all eight of McCarthy's short stories, four from her collection Cast a Cold Eye (1950), and four collected here for the first time. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

992

Publisher

Library of America

Published Date

ISBN 10

1598535269

ISBN 13

9781598535266

500+ Revolutionary War Obituaries and Death Notices

By: Mary Harrell-Sesniak

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

500+ Revolutionary War Obituaries and Death Notices

By: Mary Harrell-Sesniak

Read obituaries and death notices for over 500 Revolutionary War patriots. Spotlighting the famous, such as George Washington, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin, and many lesser known heroes -- this publication will draw the interest of historians and family historians on their own genealogical journey.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

294

Publisher

Lulu.com

Published Date

ISBN 10

0557182093

ISBN 13

9780557182091

Actors Talk about Shakespeare

By: Mary Z. Maher

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Actors Talk about Shakespeare

By: Mary Z. Maher

Offers interviews with American, Canadian, and British actors who speak about the challenges and rewards of performing Shakespeare's works.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

266

Publisher

Hal Leonard Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

0879103647

ISBN 13

9780879103644

Mary Austin Holley

The Texas Diary, 1835–1838

By: Mary Austin Holley

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Mary Austin Holley

The Texas Diary, 1835–1838

By: Mary Austin Holley

Mary Austin Holley (1784–1846), a cousin of Stephen F. Austin, journeyed to Texas on three separate occasions. Her first visit, in 1831, resulted in the publication of her book, Texas. Her second and third trips, in 1835 and 1837, were depicted in her diary. This witty, observant, and highly perceptive woman captured the infant Texas in her journal—the Mexican state moving toward rebellion and the new Republic, dynamic and struggling with a great destiny. The Holley diary is an important insight into the social and political history of early Texas.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

146

Publisher

University of Texas Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

147730424X

ISBN 13

9781477304242

The Voyageur Canadian Biographies 5-Book Bundle

The Firebrand / Mrs. Simcoe's Diary / The Scalpel, the Sword / The Men of the Last Frontier / Pilgrims of the Wild

By: Grey Owl,Sydney Gordon,Mary Quayle Innis,Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe,William Kilbourn

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Voyageur Canadian Biographies 5-Book Bundle

The Firebrand / Mrs. Simcoe's Diary / The Scalpel, the Sword / The Men of the Last Frontier / Pilgrims of the Wild

By: Grey Owl,Sydney Gordon,Mary Quayle Innis,Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe,William Kilbourn

Voyageur Classics is a series of special versions of Canadian classics, with added material and new introductory notes. In this bundle we find five biographical and autobiographical titles that shed light on some of Canada’s most important figures at crucial times in the country’s development. William Kilbourn brings to life the rebel Canadian hero William Lyon Mackenzie: able political editor, first mayor of Toronto, and the gadfly of the House of Assembly. The Scalpel, the Sword celebrates the turbulent career of Dr. Norman Bethune, a brilliant surgeon, campaigner for socialized medicine, and communist. Elizabeth Simcoe’s diary, describing Canada from 1791 to 1796, is history written as it was being made, an account instilled with excitement and delight. And finally, two titles by the legendary Grey Owl tell his own astonishing story and advocate for a closeness with and respect for nature. Each of these books is an essential classic of Canadian literature. Includes The Firebrand Mrs. Simcoe’s Diary The Scalpel, the Sword The Men of the Last Frontier Pilgrims of the Wild

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1122

Publisher

Dundurn

Published Date

ISBN 10

1459729021

ISBN 13

9781459729025

Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination

By: Mary-Jo Kranacher,Richard Riley

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination

By: Mary-Jo Kranacher,Richard Riley

The gold standard in textbooks on forensic accounting, fraud detection, and deterrence In the newly revised third edition of Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination, a team of renowned educators provides students and professionals alike with a comprehensive introduction to forensic accounting, fraud detection, and deterrence. Adhering to the model curriculum for education in fraud and forensic accounting funded by the US National Institute of Justice, this leading textbook offers real-world practicality supported by effective learning pedagogies and engaging case studies that bring technical concepts to life. Covering every key step of the investigative process, Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination contains 32 integrated IDEA and Tableau software cases that introduce students to the practical tools accounting professionals use to maximize auditing and analytic capabilities, detect fraud, and comply with documentation requirements. Numerous case summaries, “The Fraudster’s Perspective” boxes, and detailed discussions of a wide range of accounting issues provide students and practitioners with the tools they’ll need to successfully investigate, prosecute, research, and resolve forensic accounting issues and financial fraud. The perfect resource for students of forensic accounting and fraud examination, as well as practitioners in the field, Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination, Third Edition, will also prove invaluable for academics and researchers with an interest in the subject.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

658

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

1394200927

ISBN 13

9781394200924

Soundings in French Caribbean Writing Since 1950

The Shock of Space and Time

By: Mary Gallagher

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Soundings in French Caribbean Writing Since 1950

The Shock of Space and Time

By: Mary Gallagher

Over the second half of the twentieth century, a substantial flow of writing emerged from the French-held Caribbean. Much of this work is both theoretically knowing and poetically potent and has attracted international attention to the literary resonances of the uniquely complex geo-historical situation of the Caribbean, and indeed of the Americas in general. Much of its passion, pertinence, and appeal inheres in its approach to time and to space, an approach still reverberating with the shock of displacement and its various after-tremors: an exploded sense of diversity; radical relativization; the profound expropriations of enslavement; colonial erosion. Through readings of high-profile as well as lesser known writing, this book tracks some of the more striking tensions and tropisms at work in the French Caribbean imagination of space and time and their intersection. It studies generic interplay, textual palimpseste, narrative structure, and other dynamics of writing that realize and manipulate the intersections of time and space, history and memory, writing and rewriting, voice and text, referential space and (inter)textual space, as well as cultural theory and literary practice, identity and difference, place and displacement. In this way, it probes both the strains and the stresses, and also the insights and gravitations that make for the particular 'French Caribbean' timbre of this volume of writing. This specific vibration, while illuminating Caribbean, New World, and post-colonial thinking in general, also encourages wider reflection on global resonances of displacement and dislocation and on more general issues such as the role of writing, and of narrative in particular, in the confrontation of absence and presence, loss and desire, distance and diversity. This book locates the problematic of time/space in relation to historiographical, geo-cultural, and phenomenological thinking and it also takes account of the detonation of critical interest in what is broadly termed post-colonial writing. Its fundamental concern, however, is to show how a particular corpus of writing has, in the space of half a century, and from a bracing position of hyper-relationality, responded imaginatively and poetically to the challenge of envisioning place, and of relating space to time.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

306

Publisher

OUP Oxford

Published Date

ISBN 10

019158990X

ISBN 13

9780191589904

Book's by Mary Caldwell

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email