| Legba''s Crossing: Narratology in the African Atlantic Subjects: American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism; Caribbean literature (English) -- Black authors -- History and criticism; Race in literature; African diaspora in literature; Narration (Rhetoric); Discourse analysis Narrative; In Haiti, Papa Legba is the spirit whose permission must be sought to communicate with the spirit world. He stands at and for the crossroads of language, interpretation, and form and is considered to be like the voice of a god. In Legba's Crossing , Heather Russell examines how writers from the United States and the anglophone Caribbean challenge conventional Western narratives through innovative use, disruption, and reconfiguration of form. HEATHER RUSSELL is an assistant professor of English at Florida International University. |