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The womb of space : the cross-cultural imagination

by Wilson Harris

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“Wilson Harris argues that society is approaching a new horizon of sensibility with the ability to transform claustrophobic ritual through the use of cross-cultural imagination. ... The Womb of Space to which the title refers is the creative imagination which cuts across all cultures and gives rise to a significant and illuminating dialogue. ... Harris has written an insightful and thought-provoking challenge to the intellectual stratification that tends to pervade literary and comparative scholarship which warrants consideration by those interested in imaginative literature, Afro-American, Caribbean, Commonwealth, and Third World studies, and anyone interested in cross-cultural analysis, intellectual and cultural history.”– African Literature Association Bulletin… (more)
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“Wilson Harris argues that society is approaching a new horizon of sensibility with the ability to transform claustrophobic ritual through the use of cross-cultural imagination. ... The Womb of Space to which the title refers is the creative imagination which cuts across all cultures and gives rise to a significant and illuminating dialogue. ... Harris has written an insightful and thought-provoking challenge to the intellectual stratification that tends to pervade literary and comparative scholarship which warrants consideration by those interested in imaginative literature, Afro-American, Caribbean, Commonwealth, and Third World studies, and anyone interested in cross-cultural analysis, intellectual and cultural history.”– African Literature Association Bulletin

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