Selected Essays of Wilson Harris: The Unfinished Genesis of the Imagination (Readings in Postcolonial Literatures, 1)

Best known for his novels, Harris had written fiction and non-fiction since the 1960s. This provides the most comprehensive collection of his essays, interviews and lectures from the '60s to the present. Includes a bibliography of his work. Preliminaries......Page 1 CONTENTS......Page 7 Acknowledgements......Page 9 Introduction......Page 14 1 The Music of Living Landscapes......Page 52 2 Letter from Francisco Bone to W H......Page 60 3 New Preface to Palace of the Peacock......Page 66 4 Merlin and Parsifal Adversarial Twins......Page 70 5 Literacy and the Imagination a Talk......Page 86 6 Reflections on Intruder in the Dust in a Cross cultural Complex......Page 100 7 The Schizophrenic Sea......Page 108 8 Concentric Horizons......Page 118 9 Jean Rhys’s Tree of Life......Page 126 10 Benito Cereno......Page 132 11 Tradition and the West Indian Novel......Page 148 12 History Fable and Myth in the Caribbean and Guianas......Page 160 13 The Amerindian Legacy......Page 174 14 Continuity and Discontinuity......Page 182 15 Quetzalcoatl and the Smoking Mirror......Page 190 16 Profiles of Myth and the New World......Page 206 17 In the Name of Liberty......Page 216 18 Aubrey Williams......Page 226 19 Apprenticeship to the Furies......Page 230 20 Creoleness The Crossroads of a Civilization......Page 240 21 The Unfinished Genesis of the Imagination......Page 250 Summing up......Page 262 Appendix El Dorado and the Grail Legend......Page 264 Bibliography......Page 270 Index......Page 274 Wilson Harris is one of the outstanding literary innovators of the century. His novels date from The Palace of the Peacock to Jonestown. This long-awaited volume matches Harris's career with his critical writings, from 1961 to the present day. Selected Essays of Wilson Harris brings together twenty-one lectures, addresses and essays to make available Harris's full range of writings on subjects including: • the literate imagination • traditions of myth and fable in Central and South America • the North American literary imagination, from Edgar Allen Poe, Herman Melville and Ralph Ellison, to William Faulkner and Jean Rhys • inheritances and legacies of writers of the postcolonial diaspora This comprehensive collection also comes complete with: • an extensive editorial introduction, providing valuable historical and theoretical context for the essays • a map of Guyana • bibliographies of Harris's fiction and non-fiction • appendices on the legends of El Dorado and the Holy Grail. Wilson Harris Is One Of The Outstanding Literary Innovators Of The Century. His Novels Date From Palace Of The Peacock (1960) To Jonestown (1996). This Volume Matches Harris's Career In The Novel With His Critical Writings: From 1961 To The Present Day. Selected Essays Of Wilson Harris Brings Together Nineteen Lectures, Addresses And Essays To Make Available In A Single Comprehensive Reader Harris's Full Range Of Writings On Subjects Encompassing The Literate Imagination; Traditions Of Fable And Legend In Central And South America; The North American Literary Imagination, From Poe And Melville To Toomer, Ralph Ellison, Faulkner, And Jean Rhys; And Inheritances And Legacies Of Writers Of The Postcolonial Diaspora.--jacket. Introduced And Edited By A.j.m. Bundy. Expeditions Into Cross-culturality; Into The Labyrinth Of The Family Of Mankind, Creation And Creature; Into Space, Psyche And Time. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 269-273) And Index. Wilson Harris is one of the outstanding literary innovators of the century. Nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature four times, his novels include The Palace of the Peacock and Jonestown. This long-awaited volume matches Harris's career with his critical writings, from 1981 to the present day. Selected Essays of Wilson Harris brings together twenty-one lectures, addresses and essays to make available Harris's full range of writings. His concerns include the literate imagination, traditions of myth and fable in Central and South America, the North American literary imagination, and the inheritances and legacies of writers of the postcolonial diaspora. This comprehensive collection also comes complete with an extensive editorial introduction, providing valuable historical and theoretical context for the essays, a map of Guyana, bibliographies of Harris's fiction and non-fiction, and appendices on the legends of El Dorado and the Holy Grail. Harris's novels set out to establish a new dialogue with reality in all its guises (p.43).