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 Biography of Wilson Harris
12,972 words, approx. 43 pages
 Wilson Harris is a modern version of the Renaissance humanist: his concern as an artist bears on all aspects of life, and, in his style of expression, he transcends all notions of genre. The main bulk of his work is in fiction, but his novels have also... 
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 Wilson Harris Information
729 words, approx. 2 pages
 Wilson Harris (Born March 24, 1921) is a Guyanese writer. He first wrote poetry, but since has become a well-known novelist and essayist. His writing style is often said to be quite abstract and densely metaphorical, and his subject matter very...
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 The Review of Contemporary Fiction Discovering Wilson Harris.
06/22/1997: 1,721 words, approx. 6 pages Wilson Harris may be the most imaginative writer now living. The worlds in which Harris's work takes place are more simple than how Western society generally regards reality, and this factor makes those worlds difficult to accept. Harris explores the world of the soul,... summary from source:
The Independent - London Obituary: Harry Wilson
05/11/1999: 819 words, approx. 3 pages HARRY WILSON, according to his friend Sir Eddie Kulukundis, that great benefactor of British athletic talent, was "a gentleman who ate and dreamed athletics non-stop. His sole interest in life was athletics." Wilson's own talent as a runner was a moderate one, despite...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Nathaniel Mackey
10,964 words, approx. 37 pages
In the following essay, Mackey discusses the novel The Eye of the Scarecrow as a pivotal work in the development of Harris's self-reflexive narrative style.
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Critical Essay by Barbara J. Webb
9,142 words, approx. 31 pages
In the following essay, Webb compares Palace of the Peacock with Alejo Carpentier's Los passos perdidos (The Lost Steps), observing that both novels depict a symbolic quest for cultural and personal identity within the context of Caribbean history.
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