Publishing Anglo-Caribbean Fiction.
The birth of the West Indian novel took place in the 1950s, in London. The migration of anglo-Caribbean creative talent to the perceived cultural mecca of the mother country, combined with a growing intellectual interest in the newly independent ex-colonies by enlightened ex-colonists, combined — mo...
| Published in: | International Journal of the Book Vol. 3; no. 3; pp. 55 - 60 |
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Common Ground Research Networks
2005/2006
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=24954140&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 24954140 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 14479516 17TF jtl: International Journal of the Book issn: 14479516 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2005/2006 vid: 3 iid: 3 pid: 22359 pub: Common Ground Research Networks artinfo: ui: 24954140 ppf: 55 ppct: 5 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 307KB tig: atl: Publishing Anglo-Caribbean Fiction. aug: au: Robinson-Walcott, Kimberly Anne affil: University of the West Indies, Jamaica su: West Indian Novel, The (Book) West Indian literature Fiction Publishing Novelists United Kingdom sug: subj: United Kingdom West Indian Novel, The (Book) West Indian literature Fiction Publishing Novelists keyword: Caribbean ab: The birth of the West Indian novel took place in the 1950s, in London. The migration of anglo-Caribbean creative talent to the perceived cultural mecca of the mother country, combined with a growing intellectual interest in the newly independent ex-colonies by enlightened ex-colonists, combined — most critically — with UK publishers' recognition of potential new markets, led publishers such as Andre Deutsch to sign up new voices such as Lamming, Naipaul and Selvon. In the 70s the interest of UK publishers in West Indian fiction waned; and notwithstanding the sporadic appearance of works by West Indian novelists in the lists of US and Canadian publishing houses, an opportunity arose for West Indian publishers to fill the gap. A few took the plunge: in Jamaica, for example, Kingston Publishers launched a fiction list in 1983 and since then has published some 35 fiction titles, including 4 novels by Anthony Winkler. Winkler, however, recently signed with Macmillan UK, a company which has an ambitious new and forthcoming Caribbean fiction list, as does another UK publishing house, Peepal Tree Press. The publishing of Caribbean fiction, sadly (for those concerned about the development of Caribbean publishing), is returning to the metropole. Meanwhile, some titles published recently in the UK raise questions of authenticity. This paper explores the reasons for this return and the possible implications for Caribbean fiction. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of International Journal of the Book is the property of Common Ground Research Networks and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: International Journal of the Book holder: Common Ground Research Networks dt: @attributes: year: 2006 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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