Patrick Chamoiseau

Patrick Chamoiseau: A Critical Introduction examines the career oeuvre and literary theories of one of the most important Caribbean writers living today. Chamoiseau's work sheds light on the dynamic processes of creolization that have shaped Caribbean history and culture. He is the recipient of numerous literary prizes including the prestigious Prix Goncourt for the epic novel Texaco. The author's diverse body of work which includes plays novels fictionalized memoirs treatises and other genres of writing offers a compelling vision of the postcolonial world from a francophone Caribbean perspective.An important addition to Caribbean literary studies Patrick Chamoiseau is an indispensable work for scholars interested in francophone Caribbean and world literatures as well as cultural studies. Scholars and students with interests in creolization neocolonialism and globalization will find this work particularly valuable.Patrick Chamoiseau brings the writer's major works of fiction into dialogue with lesser-known texts including unpublished theatrical works screenplays visual texts and treatises. This holistic comprehensive and largely chronological study of Chamoiseau's oeuvre includes analyses of various authorial strategies especially the use of narrative masques cross-cultural storytelling techniques and creolizing poetics.Wendy Knepper London England is a lecturer in English at Brunel University in Uxbridge England. Her work has appeared in PMLA Small Axe Dalhousie French Studies and in numerous essay collections.