Another Life

Many writers started their professional lives in very diverse fields before embracing writing, or on the contrary have turned away from writing. The present volume seeks to explore the complex relationship between that 'other life' and writing. The aim is to determine whether a writer'...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Joseph-Vilain, Mélanie (Editor), Misrahi-Barak, Judith (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Montpellier Presses universitaires de la Méditerranée 2012
Series:Horizons anglophones
Subjects:
Online Access:DOAB: download the publication
DOAB: description of the publication
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Many writers started their professional lives in very diverse fields before embracing writing, or on the contrary have turned away from writing. The present volume seeks to explore the complex relationship between that 'other life' and writing. The aim is to determine whether a writer's 'other life' appears in, influences or even shapes his/her work, and to what extent. What is the part of gestation and that of rupture? A diversity of writers is examined: Patrick Chamoiseau, J. M. Coetzee, Jan J. Dominique, Janet Frame, Amitav Ghosh, L. K. Johnson, Wilson Harris, Dany Laferrière, Yannick Lahens, NourbeSe Philip, Emmelie Prophète, Arundhati Roy, Edward Said, but also Bartolomé de las Casas and E. L. Grant Watson. Unpublished autobiographical essays and a poem are included, especially written for the volume by Marie-Célie Agnant, Cyril Dabydeen and Fred D'Aguiar.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (309 p.)
ISBN:books.pulm.8598
9782367813851
9782842699697
Access:Open Access