... of place, presents people in all their indigenousness, lyricizes the romantic names of rural towns and rivers, and captures the lilt and flow of the calypso. He creates the vivid dance-like movement and color of masqueraders of the local Carnival, individualizing well-known village characters, reviving the rich and vigorous backyard conversation of East Indian and Negro islanders, and employing ... of the complexities of Selvon's style, however, lies in the fact that this West Indian is of East Indian and Scottish descent; the effective creator of a black London writes without African a...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate