Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 15:23:20 -0500
From: lcollins-AT-blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (Loretta Collins)
Subject: Re: art negre and Jean Rhys


Christina,

Perhaps you might like to look at sources on Caribbean Carnival and
masquerade traditions.  Check Judith Bettleheim's work.

Best,

Loretta Collins
English Department
University of  Iowa

>Hello all,
>
>I am about to begin my thesis on Jean Rhys (as yet, I have no precise
>focus apart from the fact that I would like to work on colonial/
>postcolonial aspects of her fiction and look closer at her use of masks)
>and was wondering if anyone knows about a book which deals with the
>possible influence of the tribal art/ art negre movement on literature from
>the first three decades of our century?
>
>Thanks for a great list!
>
>Christina
>
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