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This digital document, covering the life and work of George (William) Lamming, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 2456 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, 2nd ed., brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 2400 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The Early Civilizations in the Americas Reference Library provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the regions of the American continents in which two of the world's first civilizations developed: Mesoamerica (the name for the lands in which ancient civilizations arose in Central America and Mexico) and the Andes Mountains region of South America (in present-day Peru and parts of Bolivia, northern Argentina, and Ecuador). In both regions, the history of civilization goes back thousands of years. ... Read more

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In spite of the abundance of academic essays on Caribbean author George Lamming as well as Sandra Paquet?s book that discusses Lamming?s novels, this text provides the first in-depth analysis of Water with Berries.It explores the purpose of Lamming?s novel, which is to re-tell William Shakespeare?s The Tempest in order to challenge the play?s portrayal of Caliban.De France?s monograph offers new insights into Caliban and illuminates George Lamming?s main themes, exile and paradox. The rhetorical resonance of Caliban creates a particular view of colonized peoples, which Lamming reconstructs and challenges in Water with Berries and in The Pleasures of Exile.In The Tempest, readers witness Prospero?s affront against an ill-fated insurrection by the helpless and out-numbered Caliban and others; however, Lamming retells the story of Caliban?s rebellion within the light of hope for freedom and reluctance to submission.De France explores how Lamming?s division of Caliban into three characters challenges and expands colonial assumptions. ... Read more

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Monografias (Spanish edition of essays on history, culture; Western/Caribbean intellectual tradition; critical analysis. Translation by Roberto Marquez) ... Read more