
+ african american literature, banana bottom, bita plant, caribbean literature, claude mckay, frank yerby, speak now, william blake
Countering White Ideals of Beauty in Claude McKay’s “Banana Bottom”
If you enjoy what you read here at Interminable Rambling, think about making a contribution on our Patreon page. In many ways, I cannot help but think about Charles Chesnutt’s Paul Marchand, F.M.C. and Frank Yerby’s Speak Now when reading Claude McKay’s Banana Bottom. Specifically, I think about the experiment that the Craigs conduct on Bita Plant in relation to Pierre Beaurepas’ unexplained “experiment” … Read More Countering White Ideals of Beauty in Claude McKay’s “Banana Bottom”